[ILUG] [Q] what do I do with a `.kmz file?

[Brian Foster]

  | From: Proinnsias Breathnach <proinnsias at linux.ie>
  | Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:39:59 +0100
  | 
  | On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 06:35:38PM +0200, Brian Foster wrote:
  | >  here's where the station apparently is [ ... ]:
  | >     longitude  5.632711829632374
  | >     latitude  43.19943186885426
  | >  now, if I can just plot that on a (printable) street
  | >  map with the (key) streets labelled ....
  | 
  | What's wrong with putting :
  | 	43.19943186885426, 5.632711829632374 (Station)
  | Into the search-box on Google Maps ?
  | Puts a pointer right on the spot with a lebel from inside the braces.

 bingo!  give that man a cookie or a pint or whatever,
 please.  that did it.  the issue here is knowing how
 to specifiy lat./long. to Google Maps.  I did search
 but failed to find anything; albeit having seen that
 example, a (new and different) search did locate the
 relevant (but sparse) help page.

  | Also :
  |    http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41136
  | 
  | "Google Maps can now read KML or KMZ, the file formats Google Earth uses
  | for the exchange of geographic information. This means that data created
  | and shared on Google Earth can also be viewed on Google Maps"

 sounds even better — I'll look into this after the
 game.  but I'll _guess_ I wasn't using the best
 terms to search for such a functionality....?  ;-\ 

thanks & cheers!
	-blf-
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