KML Path Distance

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Google Earth allows a user to create and save a path, but the path tool is missing a crucial feature: it doesn't compute the length of the path.

The program also has a measuring tool that can compute the length of a path, but this path cannot be saved.

Go figure.

Enter KML Path Distance. This program reads a KML file, finds all the paths in the file, and displays the length of each path.

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How to use.

In Google Earth
- Save your path to a KML file
  - Right-click on a path or folder.
  - Select Save Place As.
  - Change Save as type to Kml (*.kml).
  - Click Save.
In KML Path Distance
- Load the KML file into KML Path Distance.
- KML Path Distance displays the paths in the KML files.

This program requires .NET Framework.