Create Your KML File by KML Editor

Create Your KML File Lecturer: Wang Yaohui

Still Struggling with Your Homework?

Today you may solve your problems!!

Course Outline

Review KML

Software Introduction

Tips reminding

Software Manipulation

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

What Geographical features can be added by KML

Placemarks

Groundoverlays

Paths

Polygons

HTML codes of each features

Placemarks

Descriptive HTML in Placemarks

Ground Overlays

Paths

Polygons

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!

Software Introduction

Let’s play with KML Editor

Go to our homepage!

After installing, you will see this logo!

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

Activate Google Earth

Fly to Kilimanjaro

Click it!!

You can see the latitude and longitude changing!!

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Click it!

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)

3.I do believe you know how to use MS Word!! 3 4 4.And also MSN!!

Click it!! And past the embed codes here!!

What is embed codes?

Also

Then you can get it like this!

Choose the style as you may like!

And your prefer altitude!

Now……It’s show time!!!!

Switch your Google Earth window to here!!!

OH….My God!!! I loose my Google ‘’Earth’’!!!

Don’t panic! You can ‘’Undock’’ it from KML Editor.

Congratulation! You save the Earth!!......XD