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KML (Keyhole Markup Language)

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

KML is het Google Earth-formaat voor de visualisatie van geodata op een virtuele globe. Geschikt voor presentaties, educatieve projecten en communicatie met klanten.

KML nu exporteren ✨ Open bèta — gratis, zonder limieten

Belangrijkste functies

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

Over het 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.

Welk programma opent KML-bestanden

De volgende programma's en toepassingen kunnen KML (Keyhole Markup Language)-bestanden (.kml) die uit OSM2CDR zijn geëxporteerd openen, bewerken en verwerken:

🌐Google Earth 🌐Google Maps 🌎QGIS 🌎ArcGIS 💻Marble

Format specifications

Wie gebruikt KML-kaarten

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Google Earth
The file opens with a double click, and the features land on the globe together with their labels.
💻
Presentaties
A clear presentation of the territory to a client with no GIS software on their computer.
📊
Onderwijsprojecten
Ready material for a geography lesson: layers switch on and off in front of the class.
🎨
Routevisualisatie
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.

KML exporteren

1
Gebied selecteren
Teken een rechthoek of polygoon op de interactieve kaart op osm2cdr.ru
2
KML kiezen
Selecteer KML (Keyhole Markup Language) uit de lijst van 127 beschikbare exportformaten
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Exporteren
Klik op Exporteren en ontvang uw .kml-bestand binnen 1-5 minuten
4
Downloaden
Download het gerede KML-bestand en open het in Google Earth

Openen na de export

Populaire kaarten in KML

Free

Ontvang KML (Keyhole Markup Language)-kaartexports

Download professionele KML-kaarten van OpenStreetMap. Directe generatie, elk gebied.

Gratis / export
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Veelgestelde vragen

Wat is het verschil tussen KML en KMZ?
Kan ik KML openen in QGIS?
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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