Create a space-time KML file

This app returns either a space-time KML file or a space (location only) KML file, depending on the number of columns of data provided in the source CSV file.

Space-time KML file

To create a space-time KML file suitable for display using Google Earth the input *.csv file should consist of four named columns: oid (object identifier, numeric), edate (date of event, DD/MM/YYYY), lon (longitude in decimal degrees, numeric), and lat (latitude in decimal degrees, numeric). Typical input data would be as follows:

oid edate lon lat
1, 8/11/1967, -3.0332, 52.9052
2, 8/11/1967, -3.0198, 52.9035
3, 1/11/1967, -3.0985, 52.8983
4, 11/11/1967, -3.0628, 52.8986

Space (location only) KML file

To create a space (location only) KML file suitable for display using Google Earth the input *.csv file should consist of three named columns: oid (object identifier, numeric), lon (longitude in decimal degrees, numeric), and lat (latitude in decimal degrees, numeric). Typical input data would be as follows:

oid lon lat
1, -3.0332, 52.9052
2, -3.0198, 52.9035
3, -3.0985, 52.8983
4, -3.0628, 52.8986

Download KML file:
Download KML

Example data:
Click on the button below to download event date and location details from the 1967 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the correct format for the space-time KML function: Example data Click on the button below to download location details (only) from the 1967 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the correct format for the space (location only) KML function: Example data