KMZ är den komprimerade versionen av KML för Google Earth. Inkluderar alla geodata i en enda kompakt fil, bekvämt för e-post och uppladdning.
Viktiga funktioner

Om formatet KMZ
KMZ is the same KML packed into a ZIP archive. Inside sits a doc.kml file, along with icons and images if needed. Google Earth and GIS programs work with it exactly as with ordinary KML — nothing has to be unpacked.
The point of the format is weight and integrity. Textual KML compresses several times over, so the file is easier to send by email, put in the cloud or hand to a client. And it is a single file instead of a set: nothing gets lost along the way.
The contents match the KML export completely: layers laid out in folders, OSM tags in the ExtendedData block, coordinates in WGS84, buildings extruded into volume by the heights from the tags, and the other layers pressed to the ground.
It opens in Google Earth, Google My Maps, QGIS and ArcGIS. If you need to look inside, the file can be renamed to .zip and unpacked with any archiver — what you get is ordinary KML.
Vilket program öppnar KMZ-filer
Följande program och applikationer kan öppna, redigera och arbeta med KMZ (Compressed KML)-filer (.kmz) som exporterats från OSM2CDR:
Format specifications
- Open standard
- 3D coordinates supported
- Lossless (no quality loss)
- Stores feature attributes
- Output: 1 file
- Compressed KML (.kmz = zip of KML + assets). Smaller download than KML; same Google Earth / ArcGIS / QGIS support.
Vem använder KMZ-kartor
Så exporterar du KMZ
Så öppnar du filen efter exporten
- 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.
- Looking inside — rename the file to .zip and unpack it: inside you will find doc.kml, which can be edited in a text editor.
Populära kartor i KMZ
Hämta kartexporter i KMZ (Compressed KML)
Ladda ner professionella KMZ-kartor från OpenStreetMap. Direktgenerering, valfritt område.
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