Tech:Add Google Earth files

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It would be cool to be able to upload and refer to Google Earth .kmz files. Imagine being able to fly users from an orbital view down to earth level to see a location. -- gcleveland

And with gpsbabel.org placemarks can be converted to a number of formats and uploaded to most GPS receivers. The best would be if users can specify their preferences (Google Earth, Mapsource etc) and if the system accepts all 'gpsbabel' formats as input.

I think the best would be to standardize on kml because it's text. If we can embed the kml in the documents, then MediaWiki can track the history and differences. -- Nic 12:59, 9 Aug 2005 (EDT)

It would also be nice to display something on the page when someone uses the Geo template, like what wikipedia does for their geo tagging. It's currently hard to tell whether an article has been geo tagged yet or not. Wikipedia's being in the featured section of Google earth is excellent advertising, and it's a great way to interface with the content. 213.9.101.187 14:11, 19 December 2006 (EST)