Loading a local .kml file using google maps?

Question

I created a hello world program to load a local kml file (borrowed from google\'s docs):

var ctaLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer(\"http://localhost:8080/kml/         


        

Answer 1

This website, display-kml.appspot.com, requires that you copy/paste the entire KML file into the website. Alternatively, you can use Dropbox to host the KML file using your public folder. Within the public Dropbox folder, there is a right-click context menu that allows you to copy the URL.

Update:

The appspot website has a history of being unstable. As of January 2019, the website appears to be working.

REFERENCES:

1. http://display-kml.appspot.com/
2. https://www.dropbox.com/