KMZ Converter

Extract text from KMZ files


Drop or upload your .KMZ file
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How to extract text from your KMZ file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your KMZ file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert KMZ to another file type

To convert your KMZ file to another format, you need Google Earth or other GIS software.

  • KMZ to KML
  • KMZ to GPX
  • KMZ to CSV
  • KMZ to DWG
  • KMZ to PDF
  • KMZ to GEOJSON
  • KMZ to DXF
  • KMZ to SHP
  • KMZ to TOPOJSON
  • KMZ to TIF
  • KMZ to TIFF
  • KMZ to ECW

Convert a file to KMZ

To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Map Archive" file type, you need software like Google Earth or a similar tool.

  • LAZ to KMZ
  • DTM to KMZ
  • CSV to KMZ
  • DEM to KMZ
  • PRJ to KMZ
  • LAS to KMZ
  • GPX to KMZ
  • DSM to KMZ
  • SHP to KMZ
  • DBF to KMZ
  • KML to KMZ
  • IMG to KMZ

About KMZ files

A .KMZ file is a compressed archive used primarily by Google Earth to store map locations, routes, and 3D modeling data. Technically, it is a standard ZIP file that contains a primary KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file named doc.kml, along with overlay images, icons, and textures required to render the map correctly. While efficient for sharing complex geospatial data in a single package, .KMZ files present significant hurdles for data manipulation. Because the file is binary-compressed, you cannot edit the underlying XML code directly in a text editor like you can with KML. Furthermore, many GPS devices and lightweight web mapping tools do not natively support the compressed format, requiring users to manually unzip the archive or rely on specialized GIS software like ArcGIS or QGIS just to view the contents. To unlock the data for broader use, we recommend converting .KMZ to KML for XML editing, GPX for use with GPS units like Garmin, GeoJSON for web development, or CSV to analyze coordinate data in spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel.

Convert.Guru analyzes your KMZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted KML, GPS, SHP, GIS, PDF, JPG, ZIP, XLSX, KMC, GPX, TCX, DWG and PNG files.



The KMZ Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our KMZ converter.