[GIS] Google Maps and Search for KML URL

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Can anyone tell me how I could add the functionality as seen on google maps that allow users to specify a URL to a KML file in the search bar?

I would like to include this in my own embedded map but I'm really lost on how to execute it.

I've seen examples for KML URL search on other sites but they don't seem to work. Maybe google has dropped this feature from embedded maps/api3 maps?

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You can use an iframe:

<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=nice&ie=UTF8&z=11&iwloc=addr&om=1&ll=43.76068,7.299728&output=embed&s=AARTsJotOehFyV7Ld4EHPP1WtrZKl2G9Tw"></iframe>

Examples: Google Maps Google Maps + KML

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Important note on using KML & KMZ on your hosted server

Windows:

Set the MIME on the server for accessing kml/kmz for Google Earth, Google Maps & Google Maps API reads KML and KMZ files. The standard MIME type for KML files is

* application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

The standard MIME type for KMZ files is

* application/vnd.google-earth.kmz

For Apache, add these lines to the httpd.conf file or a .htaccess file in the same folder (if your host only allows htaccess rather than httpd.conf access):

* AddType application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml .kml
* AddType application/vnd.google-earth.kmz .kmz

For Linux:

* AddType application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml .kml  

* AddType application/vnd.google-earth.kmz .kmz  

  Application: opt/google-earth/googleearth

I posted this here back in 2007 http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/web/more-info-kml-on-google-maps

[GIS] How to get a GML overlay on Google Maps

Try installing QGIS, and then installing the OpenLayers plugin from within the Plugin manager in QGIS. Via this you can load a Google hybrid layer as background. Here is some info and a guide:

http://www.digital-geography.com/qgis-plugins-openlayers/#.VCFqs5R_tTI

Beware though that in the latest version of QGIS, you will find the OpenLayers plugin, once installed, under the menu named Web, rather than plugins.

After that you can try to add your GML file as a regular vector layer in QGIS. If 'on the fly reprojection' is on it should match up with the background map.

I'm not sure how much of an error the reprojection from the original coordinate system to the Google maps Pseudo Mercator will create however.

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