A KML file is a file that represent the locations and shapes of places on our planet Earth. Businesses and researchers use them to track points of interest, from potential store locations to the ...

Using a GPS app installed on an Apple iPhone and Google Maps, it's possible to track anyone's journey across the city or across the world. Of course, you need the person who owns the iPhone to ...

Recently I've written a couple quick hacks to extract data from Google Earth kml files and while I've been able to do what I want in relatively quick order, I've always had to delete the <kml> tags ...

The Google Maps API Blog announced that Google Earth has added a feature built into the Google Earth application to enable you to search for Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. KMLs allow developers ...

Scott from Bayou Chronicles shares his DIY Hack to transfer tracks from a Lowrance unit to Google Earth on his computer step by step. I’ve told quite a few people that one of the best purchases I’ve ...

Just ran across the most powerful GPS track visualization tool to date. The Magnalox.Net web site allows you to upload your GPS tracks and turn them into amazing visualization tools. Volker Kinkelin ...

According to the Google Earth Blog, Google Earth version 4.3 (free) is coming later today. Among the upgrades and improvements are faster load times for 3D buildings, day/night lighting, new ...

Google mentioned during yesterday’s Where 2.0 presentations that they were releasing an update to the KML specification from version 2.1 to 2.2. The new KML 2.2 (beta) documentation is now available.

Michael Parry uses Google Earth on multiple computers. But the placemarks he puts on one computer don’t show up on other ones. This should be ridiculously easy. You ...