KML files are created in the office using desktop GIS, then downloaded to smartphones for use in the field. We create KML files specifically for use by our surveyors during every aerial mapping ...

Keyhole markup language (KML) files are created in the office using desktop GIS, then downloaded to smartphones for use in the field. We create KML files specifically for use by our surveyors during ...

Google's installable maps software Google Earth makes KML overlay files that add points of interest, descriptions and photos to your earth, and now ...

So, if you create a standard KML file which includes links to local images in popups or overlays and open it in the new Google Earth, you will not be able to see the images.

A quick trick for viewing a KML map file directly in Google Maps without downloading it or opening Google Earth.

This could be programmers generating KML through code, people manually creating KML files by hand (a tedious job, but doable), or people getting KML from third party applications.