Download Bié Province map in KMZ format

A map built from OpenStreetMap data, ready to download

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Map passport

Area71 330 km²

Buildings55 871

Roads17 673 km

Points of interest46

What this map contains by default

This is how the map is built as-is — every setting can be changed in the constructor.

FormatKMZ .kmz

LayersRoads, Water, Greenery change

Stylestandard change

Detailoverview (auto) change

House numbersnot visible at this scale change

Points of interestnot visible at this scale change

Coordinate systemWGS 84 (auto) change

Sheet sizeauto change

Relief & gridoff change

About KMZ

Map of Bié Province in KMZ: 17 673 km of roads — in the WGS 84 coordinate system, units are meters.

Which layers are in the file

This file for the selected area contains:

Roads
Water
Greenery

What the file carries

The KMZ file for Bié Province: the whole map comes as a single file, the file is binary — it is opened by a program, not by an editor, layers live inside the file as named entities, OpenStreetMap tags are kept as feature attributes.

File size

The expected size of the KMZ file for Bié Province is about 760 KB; the exact size depends on the chosen layers and area.

KMZ file passport

Estimated from the place's OSM data; exact figures are in the file after the build.

Layers: 3
Road segments Placemark/LineString: ≈ 88 365 (estimated)
Road length: 17 673 km
Roads by class, km: unclassified 10 666, tertiary 2 521, residential 2 218, primary 1 017, service 720
Area outlines Placemark/Polygon: ≈ 994

Losses: no routing graph — 17 673 km of roads are plain lines; not in the file: Buildings 55 871, Points of interest 46.

Build recipe: KMZ: ZIP with doc.kml (KML 2.2, WGS 84) and PNG icons in files/, frame 383 × 413 km, simplification tolerance 334 m; layer → Folder, feature → Placemark with its style.

Coordinate systems

WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), selectable in the wizard

Category	GIS
File extension	`.kmz`
Tier	Open Beta

How many times KMZ was built in the last 90 days

Bié Province: 0
Angola: 0
Whole site: 163
Median file size: 0.4 MB
Median build time: 2.8 s

Medians are based on all builds on the site

How to use KMZ for Bié Province

Google Earth Pro (free) — double-click the .kmz and the map opens right away with all its layers.
Google My Maps — Import takes KMZ just like KML: you get a web map with a link.
QGIS (free) — Add Vector Layer, pick the .kmz: GDAL reads the archive directly, no unpacking needed.

Programs that open KMZ

Google EarthGoogle MapsQGISArcGIS

FAQ: KMZ for Bié Province

Can I unzip a KMZ file?

Yes, KMZ is a regular ZIP archive. Rename to .zip and extract.

Is KMZ smaller than KML?

Yes, typically 5-10x smaller due to compression.

How do the contents of KMZ differ from KML?

They do not: it is the same document, only compressed. The layers, the tags in ExtendedData, the three-dimensional buildings and the WGS84 coordinates match completely.

Do all programs understand KMZ?

Google Earth, Google My Maps, QGIS and ArcGIS do. If some program only handles KML, rename the file to .zip, unpack it and feed it the doc.kml.

Can KMZ be edited by hand?

Yes: unpack the archive, fix doc.kml in a text editor — it is ordinary XML with styles and coordinates — and pack it back into ZIP, restoring the .kmz extension.