Compressed Keyhole Markup Language (Google Earth) data
File type: GIS, GPS navigation and map file
Files with kmz extension are saved in the Compressed Keyhole Markup Language used by the Google Earth and other GIS applications for modeling geographic data.
Found 2 different file type records with the same kmz filename suffix.
File type category:
GIS, GPS navigation and map file
Date updated: February 4, 2025
File extension kmz is related to Keyhole Markup Language, developed by Keyhole and Google.
A .kmz file is the compressed version of a kml.
Keyhole Mark-up Language is an XML based language for modeling and storing geographic features such as points, lines, images and polygons.
MIME types:
application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
Use Google Earth or Adobe Photoshop to work with the KMZ format.
KMZ files are commonly used for various GPS navigation/GIS conversion purposes. But also can be exported to CAD/3D model formats.
Software applications that can open kmz files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software applications that can edit kmz files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software capable of saving kmz files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Programs for viewing kmz files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert kmz files:
On-line services
Software apps that import kmz files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that export kmz files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 28, 2026
The kmz file extension belongs to Correlate K-Map, a knowledge-management application for Microsoft Windows. K-Map helps users access, collect, and manage electronic information from multiple locations and file systems.
A KMZ file packages a K-Map knowledge map and its associated information in a compressed file. Its contents are intended to be interpreted by K-Map.
Open the kmz file in K-Map on Microsoft Windows.
Open the file in K-Map and use the application's available export or copy functions to transfer its information to another format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving kmz files:
Microsoft Windows
online = can be converted online at 101convert.com
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