Last tuesday a customer came to me with a KML file that was normally viewed in Google Earth and wanted to share the same data on the web using Google Maps. For just a moment I was struck that I had never done this before! But it’s a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Here’s how:

1. Login to your Google account and go to http://maps.google.com

2. Click on the My Maps link

3. Click on the Create new map link or the Get Started button

4. Give the map a title and description, then click the Import link

5. Browse to the KML or KMZ file then press the Upload from File button

6. Done! Your Google Earth map is now imported into Google Maps.

Keep in mind that Google Maps doesn’t have all of the same features supported in Google Earth, but things like placemarks (and polygons) play well.