Google maps just told my they're deprecating their kml/kmz mapping service in Google Maps in February 2015.
See https://developers.google.com/maps/support/kmlmaps
I appreciate to be able to display my kml/kmz files in a map, but I can't find a drop-in replacement. Any suggestions?
I don't really want to make Google-account...
There are multiple options. For maps based on OpenStreetMap:
umap allows you to create a map and import KML files.
Leaflet and OpenLayers allow you to host your own map. It is possible to display GPX files. For converting KML to GPX see GPSBabel.
You can use Gmap4 which is an enhanced Google map viewer I developed.
Simply put your KML, KMZ, GPX or TPO file online.
Start with this Gmap4 link:
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?q=________________
Replace the underline with the http link to your file.
Paste the completed link into your browser.
The Gmap4 homepage has a FAQ, examples, quick start info (on the Help page) and more to quickly get you up to speed.
Gmap4 default map: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php
Gmap4 homepage: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.html
Joseph
Try GPS Visualizer: you can upload your kml and let it draw the map.
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I'm wondering if it's possible to add a 3D model made in Sketchup, exported o KMZ format, to a Google Map, with the Google Maps API. I was able to add KMZ layers that contained simple data as landmarks and such, but when I try to load the 3D model KMZ, the map just shows a default house file icon.
The test map can be accessed here: http://thebob.com.br/maptest/kmz_test.html
The KMZ file is hosted here: https://sites.google.com/site/dmgckmlfiles/kml-files/Bulk_carrier_1509.kmz
At this point I'm just guessing it's not possible to add 3D models like this into Google Maps (as the exact same thing happens if I import the file through My Maps), but I want to make sure of that before giving up.
Thanks in advance for any info!
Well if you are pertaining in Google JavaScript API, Yes this API does support the KMZ as you can see in this link about Supported KML elements. But the 3D object is not.
Also, according to this SO question, that 3D is not yet features in Javascript API. Closest things to this are Styled Maps. Only the Android implementations are available as of now.
But I found this tutorial that can help you if you still want 3D objects.
I'm developing an app for iPhone that uses Mapkit and I want to include the coordinates used in this Google Maps Embed Link (I'm not the author).
The map is very simple and doesn't show the coordinates (At least I couldn't find them), so I think that analysing the link there might be useful parameters that would allow me to dump or export them. Is it possible?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Download the KMZ for the map, the archive contains a KML-file with all the data:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/kml?mid=zZY3Uui1vIqo.khcCc7obcc5U
I working on a website that utilizes a Google Map (V3). What I'm looking to do is apply KML layers, provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) at http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/kmzgenerator.php. I am able to get "single images," or still KML files to work, but I want to have the radar animating over time. The NWS provides KMZ loop files, and I've tried just simply adding those, but that doesn't show any KML Layers at all. Thanks in advance for any help
i am placing some locations on google map. i need to set text next to marker on the map. is there a way to do it ? because i can not see any tools or option provided by google maps to do.
its not an application i am developing or coding. i am just saving locations on google map site.
Thanks
Look at the InfoBox from the utility libraries. There is an example in the documentation.
I am trying to embed an existing, public Google Map into a website. Specifically this one:
http://goo.gl/maps/cHf2
Of course I could use the iframe embed to achieve this, but I would like a little more control over the map … I imagined being able to pull all the markers from the map and display them as an index next to the map. Kind of like Google already does, but embedded in my page with my own styles and images.
I have been digging through Google, Stack Overflow and the API instructions and couldn’t find any relevant posts. In the GET string of the map on Google we can see this chunk:
&msid=212828439842926497866.0004bfae4da003d8ffd1f&mid=1341413217
I thought in there might be a maps ID and I could use it to query the content of the map through the API? The intention is using Google Maps as a CMS for less technical minded people and not dealing with geo data in our own CMS.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I am just missing the forest for the trees.
You can download the kml that specifies the markers in that page and display that on your API based map. This example defaults to displaying it using geoxml3, but you can hide that and display the KmlLayer version.
You should be able to just point KmlLayer to the link (I downloaded the kml and put it on my server so it would work with geoxml3).
Here is an example (taken directly from the documentation) that does that
here is the original