File Extension KMZ

File Extension KMZ

KMZ is used for compressed KML files containing information for the Google Earth online mapping tool. Google Earth provides 3D design of the earth over the Internet. Files with this extension can be accessed on cross platforms such as Mac, PC, and Linux. The application is also accessible on some smart phones including iPhones by Apple.

Search engine giant, Google offers the Google Earth application to online users who need to view different locations of the earth. Keyhole Markup Language was designed for the Google Earth application by Keyhole, Inc. and was later acquire by Google in 2004.

Zipped files are normally smaller in sizes compared to their parent files. Unzipping the KMZ file will produce the parent file with a KML extension. Unzipped files will contain a single doc.kml file, icons, and other information linked to the KML file. Codes displayed in a KML file are similar to HTML.

The KMZ file can be unzip using commonly used unzipping applications such as WinRaR while KML files can be opened using applications such as NotePad. Google Sketchup applications can produce KMZ files and be uploaded to the 3D Warehouse application to be viewed from Google Earth. KMZ files stored in Google Earth may be viewable to other users over the Internet.

Similar file extensions

• File Extension KML - Keyhole Markup Language