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 ...

Windows batch converter now turns Shapefiles, KML, GeoJSON, GeoTIFF and other geospatial data into PDF, PNG and other everyday formats, so teams without GIS software can open and share mapsSEATTLE, WA ...

So, what are these KML and KMZ files anyway? They are Google Earth’s file format for storing placemarks, network link information, and much more. I won’t go into detail here, since there are excellent ...

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 ...

The file format developed initially for Google Earth to exchange geographic information and mapping presentations is now an international standard. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) will now take ...

Last month I shared one of my favorite recipes on tracking local search data with Google Analytics for wordpress. This month I figured that one of the most uncovered and “uncooked” areas in local ...

At Caltrans District 7 in Los Angeles, we use the onboard GPS capability of smartphones to navigate in real time to the locations of proposed aerial targets and National Geodetic Survey (NGS) control ...

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 Earth displays aerial views of Earth geography, annotated with markers denoting locations. It enables you to locate customer or vendor addresses, identify competitors' locations, map out and ...

No audio available for this content. Following is a submission to our “$100 for 300 Well-Chosen Surveyor Words” contest. To submit your own surveyor’s story, send 300 (or more) words to ...