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KML (Keyhole Markup Language)

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.kml · application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

KML is die Google Earth-formaat vir die visualisering van geodata op 'n virtuele aardbol. Geskik vir aanbiedings, opvoedkundige projekte en kliëntkommunikasie.

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Sleutelkenmerke

Versoenbaar met Google Earth
Style en ikone
3D-ondersteuning
XML-formaat
Example KML export (central Moscow, 1x0.5 km)
Example: central Moscow, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

Oor die KML-formaat

KML is a language for describing geographic data, invented for Google Earth and later adopted as an OGC standard. The file is text: inside are placemarks, lines, outlines, their styles and labels. It opens with a double click in Google Earth and attaches in Google My Maps, QGIS and ArcGIS.

OpenStreetMap maps are exported to KML when the result has to be shown to another person: a client, colleagues, students. The features land on the globe, a click shows their properties, and the file itself can be sent by email — the recipient needs no GIS, Google Earth is enough.

In the file all the layers are laid out in folders named after the layers, each feature keeps its OSM tags in the ExtendedData block, and lines and fills get a color and a width. Coordinates are WGS84, as the specification requires. Roads, water and greenery lie on the ground surface, while buildings are extruded into volume: height is taken from the height tag, or computed from the floor count in building:levels at 3.5 meters per floor, and if neither is present the house gets six meters.

In Google Earth such an export looks like a three-dimensional city right away. If you do not need the volume, switch the buildings layer off in the tree on the left. For sending by email KMZ is handier — the same document in compressed form.

Watter program open KML-lêers

Die volgende programme en toepassings kan KML (Keyhole Markup Language) (.kml)-lêers wat uit OSM2CDR uitgevoer is, open, redigeer en daarmee werk:

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Format specifications

Wie gebruik KML-kaarte

🏗
Google Earth
The file opens with a double click, and the features land on the globe together with their labels.
💻
Aanbiedings
A clear presentation of the territory to a client with no GIS software on their computer.
📊
Opvoedkundige projekte
Ready material for a geography lesson: layers switch on and off in front of the class.
🎨
Roetevisualisering
Route lines and points on a three-dimensional globe, with the option to fly over them.
🗺
Toerisme
Landmarks and trails of a district as placemarks that anyone can see on their own computer.

Hoe om KML uit te voer

1
Kies gebied
Teken 'n reghoek of veelhoek op die interaktiewe kaart by osm2cdr.ru
2
Kies KML
Kies KML (Keyhole Markup Language) uit die lys van 127 beskikbare uitvoerformate
3
Uitvoer
Klik op Uitvoer en ontvang jou .kml-lêer binne 1-5 minute
4
Aflaai
Laai die gereede KML-lêer af en open dit in Google Earth

Hoe om dit ná uitvoer te open

Gewilde kaarte in KML

Gratis

Kry KML (Keyhole Markup Language)-kaartuitvoere

Laai professionele KML-kaarte van OpenStreetMap af. Onmiddellike generering, enige gebied.

Gratis / uitvoer
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Gereelde vrae

Wat is die verskil tussen KML en KMZ?
Kan ek KML in QGIS oopmaak?
Are feature attributes preserved?
Why are the buildings three-dimensional in Google Earth?
The file came out too large — what should I do?
How do I get KML out of a GPX track?

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