Create Your KML File

Lecturer: Wang Yaohui

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Today you may solve your
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 Course Outline
• Review KML
• Software Introduction
• Tips reminding
• Software Manipulation

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 KML Review
What is KML?

KML is a file format used to display

geographic data in an Earth browser, such
as Google Earth, Google Maps, and
Google Maps for mobile. KML uses a tag-
based structure with nested elements and
attributes and is based on the XML
standard.
Source: KML Home 5
What Geographical features can be
added by KML

• Placemarks
• Groundoverlays
• Paths
• Polygons

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HTML codes of each features
• Placemarks
• Descriptive HTML in Placemarks
• Ground Overlays
• Paths
• Polygons

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 You may not need to do the
coding, but need to know it!

Even you have no idea about what am I talking……You

still can achieve your project!

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 Software Introduction
Let’s play with KML Editor

Go to our homepage!

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After installing, you will see this logo!

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If I Want to Create a KML file for
My Kilimanjaro Tour!

1.Activate Google Earth

2.Fly to Kilimanjaro

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 k i t! !
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 You can see the
latitude and longitude changing!!
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1. Click it! 21
2.Type your KML file name and add your placemarks(if you
want to add more than 1 placemark, click the right button
of your mouse and add it as above figure) 22
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3.I do believe you know how to use MS Word!!

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4.And also MSN!!

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 And past the embed codes here!!
Click it!!
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What is embed codes?

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Then you can get it like this!
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Choose the style as you may like!
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And your prefer altitude! 29
Now……It’s show time!!!!
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Switch your Google Earth window to here!!! 31
OH….My God!!! I loose my Google ‘’Earth’’!!!
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Don’t panic! You can ‘’Undock’’ it from KML Editor.
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Congratulation! You save the Earth!!......XD
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 Use the
Crosshair to
navigate
your geotag
target!

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 But….please do You can decide
remember SAVE whether preview it
it! or not on Google
Earth.

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Email to me then I can upload your KML or
KMZ to here.

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Also you can try to check it on
Google Map

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And use Google My map to add
more features on it!

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Now……………………………
It’s Your Show Time!

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