[Linux] Google Maps Question

[Steven Benmosh]

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This is not a linux question per se, but I think it is too technical for
Talk.

I would like to know if there is a way to display a trail (collection of
points, each with longitude and latitude) in Google maps.

In Google Earth, I can take a point, enter the coordinates, and see it on a
map (satellite imagery, usually). I can do the same in Google maps.

In Google Earth, I can take a track (trail) from a GPS unit, in an XML
format known as KML (supposedly also from a different file format called
GPX, which is also (I think) an XML file, and it will open and display on
the same map as the point. I can also open a point in Google Earth
(presented as a single item KML file).

Can I do something similar in Google maps? That is, open a KML or KMZ or GPX
file in it, so it displays on the map, rather than on the satellite image?

If you would like to see what I am doing, take a look at
http://www.words2u.net/pmwiki/?n=Tracks.SantaBarbaraToOakHerbFarm - there is
a kml file, which, if you have Google Earth installed, will show it. There
may be other programs that process KML files, but I like Google Earth.

Thanks,

Z.

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Check out my web site - www.words2u.net

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This is not a linux question per se, but I think it is too technical for Talk.<br><br>I would like to know if there is a way to display a trail (collection of points, each with longitude and latitude) in Google maps.<br><br>
In Google Earth, I can take a point, enter the coordinates, and see it on a map (satellite imagery, usually). I can do the same in Google maps. <br><br>In Google Earth, I can take a track (trail) from a GPS unit, in an XML format known as KML (supposedly also from a different file format called GPX, which is also (I think) an XML file, and it will open and display on the same map as the point. I can also open a point in Google Earth (presented as a single item KML file).<br>
<br>Can I do something similar in Google maps? That is, open a KML or KMZ or GPX file in it, so it displays on the map, rather than on the satellite image?<br><br>If you would like to see what I am doing, take a look at <a href="http://www.words2u.net/pmwiki/?n=Tracks.SantaBarbaraToOakHerbFarm">http://www.words2u.net/pmwiki/?n=Tracks.SantaBarbaraToOakHerbFarm</a> - there is a kml file, which, if you have Google Earth installed, will show it. There may be other programs that process KML files, but I like Google Earth.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Z.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Check out my web site - <a href="http://www.words2u.net">www.words2u.net</a>

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