Google KML Search

Techie work type article, so stop now if you're not really interested.

Google's web crawler is now indexing kml files (the type that Google Earth uses) as it comes across them on the web. This means that you can now post these up on web servers, and they'll get added to the index, and they will be searchable in Google through regular searches.

If you want to give it a try, type in "filetype:kmz Denver" into your google search, and you'll get a list (and of course, the file will only work if happen to have the free Google Earth installed on your box) of Denver referenced files.

Ok, work posts over - lunch is here!

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