

Google Earth was the first program able to view and graphically edit KML files, and other projects such as Marble have also started to develop KML support. KML is an international standard of the Open Geospatial Consortium. The name “Keyhole” is an homage to the KH reconnaissance satellites, the original eye-in-the-sky military reconnaissance system first launched in 1976. It was created by Keyhole, Inc, which was acquired by Google in 2004. KML was developed for use with Google Earth, which was originally named Keyhole Earth Viewer. Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML-based language schema for expressing geographic annotation and visualization on existing or future Web-based, two-dimensional maps and three-dimensional Earth browsers. Shortcut buttons to Google Earth and Garmin POI Loader.Organizes commonly used KML and CSV files.Converts KML file to CSV file, and vice versa.You can also use KMLCSV Converter to visually map your iPhone or iPad tracking data into Google Earth.

KMLCSV Converter is a free open source software that enables you to convert KML file to a formatted CSV file, and vice versa.


The KMLCSV Converter is a Java application that lets you convert placemarks created in Google Earth and saved as a KML file into a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file compatible with Garmin’s POI Loader this CSV would also be compatible with most spreadsheet programs as well. Newer Garmin GPS units support the upload of sets of POIs, containing both position data and descriptions of the Points Of Interest.
