View KMZ files in your browser
A KML zipped with its pictures, as Google Earth saves it. Open a KMZ right here on a map, overlays and all. The file never leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file opens on a map, framed to fit, its layers drawn over OpenStreetMap's streets and what it holds listed beside it.
- OpenStreetMap, dark or light • Flat or a globe
- Every layer and feature in a list • Search their names and fields
- Click a feature for its fields • Measure distances
- Export • PNG, GeoJSON, GPX, KML and CSV
About KMZ
Google Earth saves places as KMZ when they carry pictures: a ZIP holding a KML, usually doc.kml, with the icons, photos and overlays it uses. Drone mapping apps, surveyors and Google My Maps hand them out the same way.
Inside, the KML holds placemarks, paths and areas in folders with their styles, and ground overlays lay a picture over the earth between its edges, like a scanned map, a plan or an aerial photo.
Filepeek unzips a KMZ in your browser and draws it over OpenStreetMap: its folders as layers, its placemarks in their own colors and its ground overlays in place. Click a placemark to read its description and data, and save the features as KML, GPX, GeoJSON or CSV, or the view as PNG.
Zipped KML
.kmz
Format
- MIME type
- application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
- Made by
Inside the file
- Holds
- A KML and its pictures
- Overlays
- Pictures laid over the ground
- Placemarks
- Points, paths and areas
- Built on
- ZIP
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens KMZ files on a map in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open KMZ
- WindowsGoogle Earth Pro and QGIS
- MacGoogle Earth Pro and QGIS
- iPhone and iPadGoogle Earth
- AndroidGoogle Earth
Questions
How do I open a KMZ file without Google Earth?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a KMZ. It opens on a map with its overlays and placemarks, and nothing to install.
Can I get the KML out of a KMZ?
Yes. Open it, choose Export, then Save the features as KML. That KML holds its placemarks, not its pictures.
Why is an overlay missing?
An overlay whose picture is on the web, not inside the KMZ, isn't loaded, so no server learns the file was opened. Overlays whose pictures are inside show in place.
Is my KMZ uploaded to show the map?
No. Your file is read in your browser and stays there. The map under it is OpenStreetMap's, fetched as tiles through Filepeek's own server, which only learns which part of the world is on screen and keeps nothing.