KMLZ to Earth
KMLZ to Earth allows you to browse through your local files to select a KML or KMZ file to display in Google Earth. It also allows you to view your saved email attachments in Google Earth.
In the Explorer activity, if you browse to a directory containing images with location information,
* Tap the file icon to view the photo closely
* Tap the file name to create a KMZ file
* Tap "View images to create KMZ" to create a KMZ file with the locations and images from multiple photos
In your email application, save the KML or KMZ file, and then tap it again to choose to view it with KMLZ to Earth.
Since Google Earth for Android doesn't seem to have published limits on file sizes, your success with files larger than 4MB may vary. Large files cause Google Earth to to load slowly, or if they are too large, not display them entirely. If this occurs, try to reduce the size of the images used or the number of images selected to create smaller KMZ files.
The size of the images shown in Google Earth decreases progressively as the total size of images are selected, in order to keep the total file size small enough to view on Google Earth for Android.
When creating a KMZ file, each image containing location information is shown as a thumbnail, along with the image name, time taken, resolution and size. Thumbnails can be tapped for a larger preview of the image. All, none, or individual files can be selected to create a KMZ file from images in one directory.
DO NOT PUT SPACES OR OTHER STRANGE CHARACTERS IN FILE NAMES! LETTER, NUMBER, UNDERSCORE, PERIOD, AND HYPHEN CHARACTERS ALLOWED. ANY ILLEGAL CHARACTERS WILL BE REPLACED WITH UNDERSCORES.
File names must end in ".jpg", ".kml", ".kmz" to be visible to view in KMLZ to Earth, and capitalization does not matter.
Files that you select to view are copied to the "Home" directory, typically /mnt/sdcard/kmlz. WARNING! Any file that does not end in ".kml" or ".kmz" will be deleted automatically from this directory, or when you choose to use Menu, Clear Home, and confirm.
The Home button will take you quickly to the /mnt/sdcard/kmlz directory (or a similar path) to see which files you have previously viewed, and view them again.
This app can't be set as default for any action, if you try, then it will reset itself. This ensures you the choice of action always and prevents a possible undesirable loop.
If experiencing problems with Google Earth, use the Menu, Manage Earth, and either Force Stop, Clear Data, or Clear Cache. Clear Cache is very helpful to get accurate results if you are testing the same file name multiple times.
Likewise, if experiencing problems with KMLZ to Earth, use the Menu, Manage KMZL, and either Force Stop, Clear Data, or Clear Cache.
This application runs a web server on your device at http://localhost:8001/ to serve pages from it's "Home" directory to Google Earth. In order to do this, it will have a running process in the background. A notification will be issued to remind you that this process is running. If you view the notification, then you return to the application, where pressing back will allow you to terminate the application and the background web server process.
Category : Travel & Local
Reviews (24)
I just wanted to email off some files and the attachments never get sent. It seems like this would've come up before. I'm running a 2.3 phone. I also tried on my 4.0 phone same thing email attachments don't get sent.
Uninstalled ... didn't display U.S. placemarks either, but insisted on a tour of Paris when opening my kml file. Phone had to be rebooted several times due to complete system failure.
We have some custom .kmz files that we built at work, and we were unable to load them in a phone for testing. Kept getting a "Not found:" error. Used this as an in between program and it loaded it perfectly. Just what I was looking for.
Couldn't open any KML files until I discovered this app. The local server and emailed file both seem to work flawlessly.
Did not work, just like GE, 1/2 the time it crashes, and 1/2 the time nothing is displayed. I can see the KMZ overlay just fine on the desktop version of GE, just not on the GE version 7 or 8 on my Samsung S5 phone
Amazing app that allow you to save on your smartphone some places you had load in Google Earth and use those informations offline. If you use GE, you must have it!!only annoyance is to change map: you need to go out and close the app but it's not a big deal....5 star!💪 Stupenda app che ti permette di salvare sul tuo smartphone alcuni posti che hai caricato in Google Earth e usare queste informazioni offline. Se hai GE, devi averlo!! L'unico problema è quello per cambiare mappa: è necessario uscire e chiudere l'applicazione ma non è un grosso problema .... 5 stelle!💪
Only app that can show my kml in Google Earth just like you can see on PC! Just perfect! I uploded some polygons and grids and it doesnt look weird like it does in the other kml apps. It looks the same as in PC! Can't be happier!
I gave some problem as others, only if I could add multiple KMZ it would be 5 stars
It gives the same error as Google Earth when you open a kmz with a picture overlay. Uninstalled.
I am trying to use this to view a .kml I generated on my pc and can view with Google earth on there. There are no spaces or numbers or strange characters in the file name but I still get the "not found" error on my phone with it. Please help!
Sell to google and have a nice long holiday! Only improvement would be a way to view multiple KML or KMV files.
Installed and selected a kml file of 514kb. Opted to open in GE. GE opened and nothing happened after that. Map not visible on GE.
Google Earth didn't think of allowing android users to upload kml and kmz files(local files) directly into Google Earth, but you did with via this app. Thanks for making this app. Works excellent
Great idea, always loads Google earth, then hangs, then returns to kmlz app, 5 stars if it simply played the files that work on desktop
Every time trying to extract kmz file to view in google on my tablet app keeps on crashing and stops working then closes down. Prgram does not work!
Appears an error when I try to open my files
I've been struggling to get my Google earth stuff from my computer to my phone. I wish they made it sync. As soon as I tried this app, my maps/routes pulled up on my phone instantly. Great app!!
It's stopped working, and in possible to delete old files, and does not record new files, ,,,was working grate
Worked awesome, I have no clue how but it did!
Easy to use but I cannot load multiple KMZ's in Earth (ver 7.1). The loaded kmz disappears everytime I add a new file. Any solution for this?
Tried to import KML to Google Earth and it fails. GE keeps crashing, do the makers actually read their mail ?
Used to be okay; is now dangerous. It worked okay before I recently did a factory reset (what's not to like about Android?). Now it just corrupts KML files. Use Vectura Games' GPX Viewer.
Having trouble adding multiple KMZ's now...since the latest GE update. Add one, the previous one disappears.
I like the idea of this app, but it does not work for me. I get a parse error line 1 column 0 no element found. I've checked the KML and there seems to be no issues with it. It opens in GE on my desktop. Does size matter? My KMZ file is 11.7 mb. Phone is a OnePlus 3 with 6GB of RAM.