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--- mersea-oil-spill:start:kml_workaround [2007-09-16 14:39:43]
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-====== DokuWiki and GoogleEarth-formatted files ======
-Many of the data sets offered here are in so-called **kml** format, which is the format required for ingestion in GoogleEarth. Files of this format have names like //filename.kml//. GoogleEarth also recognizes files named like //filename.kmz//, which identifies a kml file that has been packed using the zip facility. Data files ready for viewing in GoogleEarth will thus be recognizable by either the //.kml// or //.kmz// extensions.
-**NB!** The DokuWiki engine used for this wiki does not allow upload of just any file. Specifically, in its default installation, DokuWiki does not accept .kml or .kmz files, which we use to display data in GoogleEarth. However, it will accept .zip files.
-Now, a .kmz file is just zipped version of a .kml file; it is recognized by GoogleEarth and unpacked automatically. GoogleEarth does not recognize other file types. For example, the zipped kml file file_name.kml.zip is not recognized even though the content is exactly the same as file_name.kmz.
-Workaround:
-  * Data providers create each kml file named like **file_name.kml** and zip it to **file_name.kml.zip**. Upload the zipped file.
-  * Data users download a file named like **file_name.kml.zip** and rename to **file_name.kmz**. Load the latter into GoogleEarth (ctrl+o).