KML

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KML is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) sponsored xml schema file format used to display geographic data in an earth browser, such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile. A KML file is processed in much the same way that HTML (and XML) files are processed by web browsers. Like HTML, KML has a tag-based structure with names and attributes used for specific display purposes. Thus, Google Earth and Maps act as browsers for KML files. Full specifications available at: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml

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• Ma carteOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0 / MIT License
• OpenJUMPOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• QGISOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later with library exception
• uMapOpen sourcereads and writes · WTFPL
• Biosphere3DOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License
• GPSBabelOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
• NASA WorldWindOpen sourcereads · NASA Open Source Agreement
• OpenLayersOpen sourcereads · 2-clause BSD License
• UltraOpen sourcereads · MIT License
• Google Earthreads and writes · freeware
• Mathematicareads and writes · proprietary license
• PhotoModelerwrites · proprietary license
• ArchiCADreads · proprietary license
• Form-Zreads

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Versions and variants (1)

• Keyhole Markup Language (Container)Writable

Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• PRONOM fmt/244
• Wikidata Q79587

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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