Here is a quick trick that I have found useful on all sorts of occasions. KML files are “Keyhole Markup Language” files which contain geographic information for display in software such as Google ...

Well, this is mostly a Google Maps story, but important nonetheless. It’s also more geared to developers than users. Google has added support in Google Maps for another standard file format called ...

Google has rolled out a new update to their Android Google Earth application for mobile devices this week which has brought with it a number of new features, including support to now view custom maps.

Google has updated its Google Earth iOS app with support for KML files to add custom maps and overlays to the earth. KML files exist for all sorts of different types of data, including real-time ...

Google announced today that it’s updating Google Earth for Android with several new features including new 3D rendering technology, faster updates, and the ability to “open KML files from Google Drive ...

One of the great features of electronic maps is the ease with which they can present information in its geographical context on-demand. GPS units will now readily let you know where to find your latte ...

Google has added support for its KML (Earth) format and the open GeoRSS format to the Google Maps API. I’m not a programmer, but what this means as a practical matter is that the GeoRSS standard gets ...

Our KML map of 3D areas has been steadily growing in size as new areas are added. We have considered converting it to KMZ format, which is the compressed version of KML files. KMZ uses standard ZIP ...