Google Earth Adds KML Search Feature

By Barry Schwartz

Published: February 14, 2007 at 2:39 pm

The Google Maps API Blog announced that Google Earth has added a feature built into the Google Earth application to enable you to search for Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. KMLs allow developers add elements such as geographic structures and overlays; here are some samples. By searching in Google Earth, you can locate these KLMs under the “web results” section. The Google Maps API blog has screen captures of this in action.

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Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.

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