KMZ viewer
To open a KMZ file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| KMZ in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Sketch | Drawn on your device, fitted to the file, with a scale |
| Map | OpenFreeMap’s map under the features, only after Show map |
| Table | A row per feature with its type, points, length and properties |
| Unpacked | doc.kml (or the first KML) on your device, up to 64 MB |
| Not read | The icons and pictures packed beside it |
| Extensions | .kmz |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a KMZ file?
In short
A KMZ is a zipped KML: Google Earth packs the KML file with its icons and pictures into one file.
The KML inside it, sketched, with its stats and a table of the placemarks. Show map puts them on a map.
How to open a KMZ file
- Add your KMZ. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The KML inside it, sketched, with its stats and a table of the placemarks. Show map puts them on a map.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter.
Questions
A KMZ is a KML in a ZIP, with its pictures. The converter can take the KML out of it.
No. The file is read and sketched on your device. Only Show map asks OpenFreeMap for the map tiles of the area you look at; the file itself is never sent.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.