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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rsutter on April 21, 2024, 03:43:23 PM

Title: Finding Where Google Earth Pro Stores Your Waypoints and Sharing Them
Post by: rsutter on April 21, 2024, 03:43:23 PM

Hello All,
I am planning a kayaking trip down the Willamette River in Oregon and used Google Earth Pro to annotate the route.
I now want to share this information with a prospective paddling partner.
I do this by locating the myplaces.kml file where my waypoints are saved.
On a Windows computer, hold down the Windows key and then press r
This will open the Terminal.  When it opens, paste in the line of text below
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Google\GoogleEarth

That will open Windows Explorer to the folder containing myplaces.kml
I will copy that file and e-mail it to my prospective paddling partner.
I will then instruct him to open Google Earth Pro (not Google Maps)
In GEP, go to Files/Import and navigate to where myplaces.kml was saved
If that file isn't visible, make sure that All Files extension (*.*) is chosen.
Importing myplaces.kml will place it in the Temporary Places/default_my_places folder

When default_my_places folder is open it will display all of my notes/waypoints

If you prefer to see an illustrated explanation of this process, see https://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/findmyplaceskml.docx

Ralph Sutter