Google maps load kml file

Learn more. Displaying local file in Google Maps? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 5 months ago. Active 2 years, 11 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Chris M Chris M 1 1 gold badge 10 10 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. The ironic thing about your question is that you are connected to the Internet. How do you get Google Maps? And, does the custom map you want to make need to be seen by others or just you?

THe situation is "I can get to the internet, but the internet can't get to me. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Don Meltz Don Meltz 4, 1 1 gold badge 27 27 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges. This approach doesn't appear to work any more.

Upon clicking the above link, I just get google maps with your dropbox link in the search box. Working with KML on maps.

I have found that you can simply click on the share link from Google Drive and the KMZ will automatically load in Google Maps without any other need for extension. Tested in Chrome and Explorer. Name your map, by clicking on untitled map. You can now Add layers too , i.

Here is the look, i had created 3 layers, i. Once you are done with creating map, click the folder icon, shown just below your title of map project and Select Export as KML. Now you can export the entire map or either of the layer by selecting the options.

You can now share your map you created map and can also embed it in your website. What are your plannings with the newly created KML file?

Once signed in to your Google Maps account, the data and corresponding maps can be accessed across different platforms — desktop or laptop computers, smartphones and tablets — without the need to load the data onto each separate device. For smartphones this functionality requires an internet connection in the form of a data plan with a sufficient amount of data to avoid roaming charges. Now I have to find other ways to get the layers for my GIS.

Is there any possibility? Right click on the page View Source. Download the file. Double-click to open the downloaded zip file. Double-click on the file name to open in Google Earth.

Google Earth must be installed on your computer; see download link above.