# Sample KML file for testing mapping tools, free and CC0 1 KML test file of 2.4 KB. A direct URL, the file's SHA-256 and CC0, so curl and CI can fetch it with no signup and no keys. The page: . KML is the XML format of Google Earth, and still a common way to share placemarks, paths and polygons between mapping tools. `kml/placemarks-10.kml` is a KML 2.2 document with ten Point placemarks, each with a name and a description. It is deliberately small and plain, so it isolates the basics a KML reader has to get right: the KML 2.2 namespace, the `Document` and `Placemark` structure, and coordinates written as longitude, latitude and optional altitude, in that order. A viewer that places the points somewhere unexpected has most likely swapped the axes. Use it to test map imports in GIS tools and web maps, converters to GeoJSON or GPX, and upload forms that accept KML. Its zipped counterpart is the [KMZ](https://loremfile.dev/kmz) file, which holds the same placemarks; for other geographic formats see [GeoJSON](https://loremfile.dev/geojson) and [GPX](https://loremfile.dev/gpx). ## Files | Path | Size | MIME | Properties | |---|---|---|---| | [`kml/placemarks-10.kml`](https://loremfile.dev/kml/placemarks-10.kml) | 2.4 KB (2,394 bytes) | `application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml` | utf-8, LF, 57 lines | The same list as JSON: .