https://ikml.com/tags/google-earth/ Recent content in Google Earth on ikml.com Hugo en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://ikml.com/kmz-files-that-point-to-pictures-on-someone-elses-computer/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://ikml.com/kmz-files-that-point-to-pictures-on-someone-elses-computer/ <p>A KMZ is supposed to carry its pictures with it. That&rsquo;s the reason it exists: the KML document goes into a zip archive together with the icons, the photos in the descriptions and the images of any overlays, and the whole thing works anywhere.</p> <p>It only works if the document refers to the copies inside the archive. When someone builds a placemark in Google Earth with an icon from their desktop, or pastes a photo into a description, the reference can end up as a path on their own computer. They see everything, because the files are right there. Everyone else sees a broken image.</p>