KML Places
A KML document with named placemarks — for testing Google Earth / mapping importers.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
<Document>
<name>Sample Places</name>
<Placemark><name>City Hall</name><Point><coordinates>-0.1276,51.5074,0</coordinates></Point></Placemark>
<Placemark><name>Museum</name><Point><coordinates>-0.1270,51.5194,0</coordinates></Point></Placemark>
</Document>
</kml>
Specifications
- Format
- KML 2.2
- Placemarks
- 2
- Geometry
- Point
- Encoding
- UTF-8
What is a .kml file?
KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is an XML format for representing geographic features, popularized by Google Earth and Google Maps. It supports placemarks, paths, polygons, styling, and overlays with WGS84 coordinates. It is widely used for sharing annotated maps and 3D geospatial content.
How to use this file
Use an example KML file to test geospatial parsing, placemark and style handling, and converters between KML, GeoJSON, and GPX.
How to use this file for testing
“KML Places” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Geospatial. GeoJSON, GPX, and KML files with points, lines, polygons, and tracks — for testing map tools, route parsers, and geo importers.
Documented properties for this file: UTF-8 · KML 2.2. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Data fixtures document their exact quirks — delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts — in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.
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- csvWorld Cities (40 rows, CSV)A curated world-cities dataset — 40 major cities with country, latitude, longitude, and population. A realistic geospatial fixture for testing map plots, geocoding, and CSV→GeoJSON conversion. GeoJSON twin included.
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- jsonReal-estate Listings (JSON, 30 records)The property listings as a JSON array — the format twin of the CSV, for import and mapping tests.
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