Google has come up with a new enhancement to its Google Maps service. The My Maps feature enables users to mark up, annotate and draw lines and polygons directly within the Google Maps interface. With this new feature, making mashups is no more restricted to only the developers who make use of the Google Maps API.
Google Maps and Google Earth go hand in hand. Once a map is created, you can export it to KML and thereby view it in Google Earth. Use the KML link to download a KML file of the map you’ve created, and then open the file in Google Earth.
For more assistance on making use of this amazing feature, check out the User Guide
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Tags: Google Maps, My Maps
Ok, that’s cool… but, Could i access to the KML file?
Maps give you an URL to paste in Earth, but i like to EDIT this KML file and i couldt find where it is… any help will be appreciated.
its quite simple, you can save the kml file on your computer. Using a text editor like notepad or wordpad, you can get access to the contents of the kml file which is in xml format. you can make changes as you wish and save it back and then open it using google earth.