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Importaspreadsheetoflat/longcoordinatestoGoogleEarth.Popupballoons,icons,and
WorldwideUtilities pathsareeasilycreatedfromthespreadsheetdata.
ExcelToGoogleEarth
LatitudeandLongitudeareallthatis
CoordinateGrids
neededtocreateabasicdisplayon
PolygonArea GoogleEarth.AddaName,Description,
ConvertCoordinates andanIconforaprofessional
presentation.
BatchConvert

USAUtilities AdvancedfeaturessupportGPStracks,
TimeSliders,andGridCoordinates.
Township&Range
BLMGrid Togetstarted,readtheQuickStart A B C D E
1 Latitude Longitude Name Description Icon
SearchByDescription instructionsordownloadthesample 4336'34.86"N 11612'23.30"W BAM Artmuseum 12
2
dataExcelToKmlDemo.zip. 3 433633.22 1161218.40 Roses Nicegarden 111
SearchByLatLong
4 43.608879028 116.20320277 Zoo Greatvisit 186
AlternateGrid
NEW:AppendDataColumnsToDescription SamplepointsplottedontoGoogleEarth.
LouisianaTwp&Rng acceptsalistofcolumnnames.
LouisianaOrginalPLSS
SelectanExcelfile(xls,xlsx,xlsm,xlsb,txt,orcsv)
CaliforniaTwp&Rng
CaliforniaGrid
ChooseFile Nofilechosen

SearchByDescription
ViewonGoogleEarth Enhancedfeature.Whatisthis?
SearchByLatLong

TexasLandSurvey ViewFileonWebPage,Checkforerrors Free.Useraccountisnotneeded.

AbstractGrid
Youarenotsignedintoyouraccount.Forunrestrictedaccess,pleasesigninorpurchaseasubscription.Youmust
SearchByDescription haveGoogleEarthinstalledtousethisdata.

SearchByLatLong
Ifyouneedhelpgettingstarted,orifyouhaveideasforimprovement,pleasewriteorcall.
StatePlane
TopoMap
QuickStart
 OpenExcel.
Boise,Idaho,USA Enterthesewordsintoseparatecellsonthefirstrow:"Latitude","Longitude",
RealEstateListings "Name","Description",and"Icon".
CountyAssessor Ontherowsthatfollow,entertheattributesofeachpoint.
"Latitude"and"Longitude"arerequired.Theothercolumnsareoptional.
LandRecordsGrid
"Name"isthelabelthatappearsnexttoeachicononGoogleEarth.
LandRecordsSearch "Description"isthetextthatappearsintheGoogleEarthpopupballoon.AnExcel
Help formulacanbeusedtocombinedatafromseveralcolumns.
"Icon"designatestheiconthatisdisplayedforeachpoint.Aneasywaytogetan
Q&A
iconistoenteranumberfromthetablebelow.IftheIconcolumnisleftblankor
Other ifitismissing,iconnumber166isdisplayed.Youcanalsoenteranicon's"www"
webaddress.Ifyoudon'twantanicon,entertheword"none".
AroundTown Savetheworksheet.
Blog Clickthe"Browse"buttonaboveandselecttheworksheetyoujustcreated.
Press Clickthe"ViewonGoogleEarth"button.

About
ToSaveTheFile
Inthe"Places"windowofGoogleEarth,rightclickthefolder"EarthPointExcelTo
Texas KML".
TexasLandSurveyonGoogle Fromthepopupmenu,select"SaveAs".
Earth.
more...
Features
StatePlane Displaysanxls,xlsx,xlsm,xlsb(Excel),csv(commaseparatedvalues)ortxt(tab
StatePlanecoordinatesystem delimited)fileonGoogleEarth.
fortheUnitedStatesis Excelcolumns"Latitude","Longitude","Name","Description",and"Icon"areallthat
supported.
areneededforaprofessionallookingpresentation.
Readtheblogarticlefor Advancedoptionsallowyoutoelevatetheiconabovetheearth'ssurface,drawa
more...
path("connectthedots"),andcontrolmouseovereffects.
Iconscanbespecifiedbyenteringanumberfromthetablebeloworbyentering
Shareyourstorywith
Google theURLofaniconstoredonawebserver.
Formulasmaybeenteredintoanycellofaspreadsheet.Formulascanbeusedto
Interestingproject?Google
wantstohearaboutit! specifyicons,iconscale,formattheDescriptiontext,etc.Formulascannotbeused
more...
incsvortxtfiles.
Columnspecificationsarelistedbelow.
NewMovie

Imadeashortvideo GPSTrack:usethefollowingcolumns:Latitude,Longitude,LineStringColor,Icon,IconColor,
highlightingafewrealestate
featuresofEarthPoint.Itisa
andIconHeading.Enter"lime"or"yellow"intotheLineStringColorcolumn.Fordirection
bitrough,butpleaseenjoy. arrows,enter"196"intoIcon,"yellow"intoIconColor,and"line180"intoIconHeading.If
more...
youdon'twantanicon,enter"none"intotheIconcolumn.more...

A B C D E F
1 Latitude Longitude LineStringColor Icon IconColor IconHeading
2 43.6097 116.2048 cyan 196 yellow line180
3 43.6095 116.2047 cyan 196 yellow line180
4 43.6094 116.2046 cyan 196 yellow line180

GPStrackinaspreadsheet,csv,ortxtfile.

GPStrackonGoogleEarth.

TimeSlider:IfyouhaveGPStracksorotherdatathatcontainstimeinformation,youcan
viewthisinformationsequentiallyusingthetimesliderinGoogleEarth.ExcelToKmllooks
fortimeinformationincolumnslabeledTimeWhen,TimeBegin,andTimeEnd.Seethe
specificationsbelow.GoogleEarthBloghasmoreinformationaboutthetimeslider.

GridCoordinates:ExcelToKmlsupports:
UniversalTransverseMercator(UTM)
UniversalPolarStereographic(UPS)
MilitaryGridReferenceSystem(MGRS)
MGRSPolar
U.S.NationalGrid(USNG)identicaltoMGRS
GlobalAreaReferenceSystem(GARS)
Maidenheadusedbyamateurradiooperators
WorldGeographicReferenceSystem(Georef) UniversalTransverseMercatorgrid.
CourtesyWikipedia.
StatePlaneUnitedStatesonly

LatLoncanbejoinedasonecoordinate.Seethespecificationsbelow.

Guidelines
Filenamemustendin".xls",".xlsx",".xlsm",".xlsb",".csv",or".txt"
Thefirstrowthatcontainsthevalues"Latitude"andLongitude"orthevalue
"Position"isconsideredtobetheheadingrow.Allpreviousrowsareignored.All
subsequentrowsaretreatedasdata.
Thecolumnslistedbelowcontroltheappearanceofeachplacemark."Latitude"and
"Longitude"arerequired.Allothersareoptional.Anycolumnnotlistedisignored.
MultipleworksheetsareallowedinanExcelworkbook.Eachworksheetnamewill
bedisplayedasaseparatefolderinGoogleEarth"MyPlaces".

Security
ExcelToKMLsecurityiscomparabletosendinganemailtoatrustedcolleague.Yourdatais
transmittedovertheinternetandsavedasafileontheEarthPointserver.Thedatais
immediatelysentbacktoyourPCintheformofaKMLfileandtheoriginalfileisremoved
fromtheEarthPointserver.

ColumnsUsedByExcelToKML
Latitude,Longitude,Name,Description,andIconareallthatarenecessaryfora
professionallookingpresentation.Advancedoptionsallowyoutoelevatetheiconabovethe
earth'ssurface,drawapath("connectthedots"),andcontrolmouseovereffects.ExcelTo
KMLignoresanyadditionalcolumnsinyourspreadsheet.

RequiredColumns

Default
ColumnHeading Value Description

Latitude None Latitudeofpoint.GoogleEarthusestheWGS84geodetic

datum.Validformatsinclude:
N4338'19.39"
4338'19.39"N
433819.39
43.63871944444445

Ifexpressedindecimalform,northernlatitudesare
positive,southernlatitudesarenegative.

Ifblankorinvalid,itemisnotdisplayedonGoogleEarth.

Longitude None Longitudeofpoint.GoogleEarthusestheWGS84geodetic

datum.Validformatsinclude:
W11614'28.86"
11614'28.86"W
1161428.86
116.2413513485235

Ifexpressedindecimalform,easternlongitudesare
positive,westernlongitudesarenegative.

Ifblankorinvalid,itemisnotdisplayedonGoogleEarth.
BasicOptionalColumns

Default
ColumnHeading Value Description

Name None ThetextdisplayednexttotheicononGoogleEarth.

Ifblank,notextisdisplayed.

Description None ThetextdisplayedintheGoogleEarthpopupballoon.

AnExcelformulacanbeusedtocombinetextfromseveral
columns.Forexample,todisplaydatafromcolumnsD,E,
andF,witheachofD,E,andFonitsownline,and
supposingweareonrow6,theDescriptioncolumn
formulais
=D6&"<br/>"&E6&"<br/>"&F6
where<br/>isthehtmltagforanewline.

HTMLtagsareallowed.

Note:Aneasywaytoshowallofthespreadsheetdata
columnsistousetheAppendLatLonToDescriptioncolumn
heading,andtonotusethe"Description"headingatall.

Ifblank,noballoonisdisplayed.

Icon Iconcanbeanyof:
1)Aintegerbetween1to279,or301to529,which
designatesaniconselectedfromeitherofthetables
belowor
2)TheURLofaniconstoredonawebsiteor
3)Thepathofafileonyourharddriveornetworkdrive,
forexample
C:/folder/file.jpgor
file:///C:folder/file.jpg
(notethethreeslashes,nottwo,after"file:")or
4)theword"none".

Ifthefilecannotbefound,Googledisplays .
 If"none",noiconisdisplayed.

Ifblank, isdisplayed.

AdvancedOptionalColumns

Default
ColumnHeading Value Description

AppendDataColumnsToDescription None Validvaluesare"True","Yes","x","False","No",blank,or

alistofcolumnnames.

If"True","Yes",or"x":appendsspreadsheetdatatothe
Descriptiontext.IncludesallcolumnsNOTusedtoformat
theExcelToKmloutput.Alsoincludesthe"Name",
"Latitude","Longitude","Position",and
"TownshipAndRange"columns."Name"isusedasthe
Descriptiontitle.

If"False","No",orblank:doesnothing.

Ifalistofcolumnnames,suchas"Address,Price,City,
Color,Region":thesecolumns(iftheyexistinthe
spreadsheet)areappendedtotheDescriptionintheorder
listed.If"Name"isincludedinthelist,thenthe"Name"
valueformstheDescriptiontitle.

AppendLatLonToDescription None Validvaluesare"True","Yes","x","False","No",and

blank.Iftrue,appendsLatitudeandLongitudeinformation
totheDescriptiontext.Usefulforseeingthetranslationof
coordinatesthatareenteredintothePositioncolumn.The
descriptiontextisdisplayedintheGoogleEarthpopup
balloon.Thedescriptiontextisalsodisplayedinthe
spreadsheetviewonthiswebpage.

Thefollowingexamplereportsthat"30UXC3542"isentered
intothePositioncolumn,thatitisanMGRScoordinatefor
a1kilometergrid,andthattheequivalentLat/Lonis
51.812518,1.0416

MGRSKM: 30UXC3542
 Lat,Lon: 51.812518,1.0416

Ifblank,notextisappendedtotheDescriptiontext.

Ifthespreadsheetdoesnothavea"Description"column,
thetextwillnonethelessbedisplayedintheGoogleEarth
popupballoon.However,notextwillbeaddedtothe
spreadsheetviewonthiswebpage.

Folder blank Organizesthedataintofoldersandsubfolders.When

viewingthedatainGoogleEarth,theentirecontentsofa
foldercanbehiddenorshownbyclickingthefolderinthe
"MyPlaces"window.Bothforwardslashesandback
slashescanbeusedtoseparatethefolderlevels.

Examples:
CountryOne
CountryOne/CityOne/StreetOne
CountryOne/CityTwo
CountryThree/OfficeFour/RoomSix

HideNameUntilMouseOver False Validvaluesare"True","Yes","x","False","No",and

blank.Iftrue,theiconisdisplayedwithnolabel,until
mouseover,thenthelabelisdisplayed.IfFalse,thelabel
isalwaysdisplayed.Iftheremanyrowsinyourdata,is
helpfultohidethelabelstoreducescreenclutter.

Ifblank,Nameisalwaysdisplayed,regardlessofmouse
over.

IconScale 1 Adecimalnumberthatincreasesordecreasesthedisplay
sizeoftheicon.Typicalvaluesareintherangeof.5to1.
Nomatterhowbigorsmallanimageactuallyis,Google
Earthdisplaysitaccordingtothescale.Forexample,

Scale=1 Scale=.7 Scale=1.5

Ifblank,scaleis1.
IconAltitude 0 Heightoficonabovetheground(default)orsealevel
(optional),inmeters.

Ifblank,heightis0.

SeeIconAltitudeMode,justbelow.

IconAltitudeMode Relative Ifblank,"Relative","AGL",or"AboveGroundLevel",the

altitudeoftheiconismeasuredfromgroundlevel.

If"Absolute","MSL",or"MeanSeaLevel",thealtitudeofthe
iconmeasuredfromsealevel.

IconLineColor Yellow Iftheiconiselevatedabovetheground(seeIconAltitude)

IconLineColour thisisthecolorofthelinedrawnfromgrounduptothe
icon.

SeeIconColorfordetails.

If"none",thelineisnotdisplayed.
Ifblank,colorisyellow.

IconColor None Fillsaniconwithacolor.

IconColour Canbeanyof
1)anHTMLnamedcolor,
2)anHTMLhexadecimalcolorcode,
3)aHuevalue,
4)theword"none".

BrightcolorsshowupbestonGoogleEarth.

Brightnamedcolors:

Red DarkOrange Yellow Chartreuse

Lime SpringGreen Cyan DodgerBlue
Blue DarkViolet Magenta DeepPink

Black Gray Silver White
Samebrightcolorsashexadecimalvalues:

FF0000 FF8000 FFFF00 80FF00

00FF00 00FF80 00FFFF 0080FF
0000FF 8000FF FF00FF FF0080

000000 808080 C0C0C0 FFFFFF

SamebrightcolorsasHuevalues:

0 30 60 90
120 150 180 210
240 270 300 330

NoblackorgraycolorsifHueisspecified.

AllHuevaluesfrom0to360:
 Ifblankor"none",theicondisplaysitsdefaultcolors(see
icontablebelowatthebottomofthepage).

IconHeading None Rotatesanicon.

Canbeanumber,theword"line"ortheword"line"plusor
minusanumber.
Apositivenumberrotatestheicontotherightbythe
numberofdegreesspecifiedbythenumber.
Anegativenumberrotatestheicontotheleft.
Theword"line"rotatestheicontofaceinthedirectionof
travel.
Theword"line"plusorminusanumberrotatestheiconto
facethedirectionoftravel,thenrotatesitsomemoreas
specifiedbythenumber.

Ifblank,or0,theiconisnotrotated.

LabelColor White Colorofthelabelthatisdisplayednexttotheionon

LabelColour GoogleEarth.

SeeIconColorfordetails.

If"none",thelabelisnotdisplayed.Ifblank,thelabelis
white.

LabelScale 1 SizeofthelabelthatisdisplayednexttotheiononGoogle
Earth.Typicalvaluesareintherangeof.8to2.

Ifblank,thescaleis1.

LineStringColor None "Connectthedots"drawsalinefromthispointtothe

LineStringColour next.

SeeIconColoraboveforspecificationdetails.

If"none"orblank,thelineisnotdisplayed.
ExceptthatifLineStringColorisblankandanyof
LineStringWidth,LineStringAltitude,or
LineStringAltitudeModearespecified,thenthecolorwillbe
yellow.

LineStringWidth 2 Widthofthelinedrawnfromonepointtothenext.A
decimalnumber,typicallyintherangeof1to3.
 If0,thelineisnotdisplayed.
Ifblank,widthis2.

LineStringAltitude 0 Thealtitude,inmetersabovetheground,ofthisendofthe
LineString.

Ifblank,altitudeis0.

LineStringAltitudeMode Relative Ifblank,"Relative","AGL",or"AboveGroundLevel",the

altitudeofthelineismeasuredfromgroundlevel.

If"Absolute","MSL",or"MeanSeaLevel",thealtitudeofthe
linemeasuredfromsealevel.

LineStringDescription None Thetextdisplayedintheline'sGoogleEarthpopup

balloon.

AnExcelformulacanbeusedtocombinetextfromseveral
columns.Forexample,todisplaydatafromcolumnsD,E,
andF,witheachofD,E,andFonitsownline,and
supposingweareonrow6,theLineStringDescription
columnformulais
=D6&"<br/>"&E6&"<br/>"&F6
where<br/>isthehtmltagforanewline.

HTMLtagsareallowed.

Ifblank,noballoonisdisplayedwhenthelineisclicked.

AppendDataColumnsToLineStringDescription None Validvaluesare"True","Yes","x","False","No",blank,or

alistofcolumnnames.

If"True","Yes",or"x":appendsspreadsheetdatatothe
LineStringDescriptiontext.IncludesallcolumnsNOTused
toformattheExcelToKmloutput.Alsoincludesthe
"Name","Latitude","Longitude","Position",and
"TownshipAndRange"columns."Name"isusedasthe
Descriptiontitle.

If"False","No",orblank:doesnothing.
 Ifalistofcolumnnames,suchas"Address,Price,City,
Color,Region":thesecolumns(iftheyexistinthe
spreadsheet)areappendedtotheDescriptionintheorder
listed.If"Name"isincludedinthelist,thenthe"Name"
valueformstheDescriptiontitle.

AppendLatLonToLineStringDescription None Validvaluesare"True","Yes","x","False","No",and

blank.Iftrue,appendsLatitudeandLongitudeinformation
totheLineStringDescriptiontext.Usefulforseeingthe
translationofcoordinatesthatareenteredintothePosition
column.ThedescriptiontextisdisplayedintheGoogle
Earthpopupballoon.Thedescriptiontextisalsodisplayed
inthespreadsheetviewonthiswebpage.

Thefollowingexamplereportsthat"30UXC3542"isentered
intothePositioncolumn,thatitisanMGRScoordinatefor
a1kilometergrid,andthattheequivalentLat/Lonis
51.812518,1.0416

MGRSKM: 30UXC3542

Lat,Lon: 51.812518,1.0416

Ifblank,notextisappendedtotheDescriptiontext.

Ifthespreadsheetdoesnothavea"Description"column,
thetextwillnonethelessbedisplayedintheGoogleEarth
popupballoon.However,notextwillbeaddedtothe
spreadsheetviewonthiswebpage.

LookAtHeading 0 IfaniconisdoubleclickedinGoogleEarth,oritslabelin
thePlaceswindow,GoogleEarthwillspinsothatthe
viewerislookinginthisdirection.

LookAtRange 1000 IfaniconisdoubleclickedinGoogleEarth,oritslabelin

meters thePlaceswindow,GoogleEarthwillmovesothatthe
from viewerthisfarfromtheicon(slantrangedistance,in
theicon meters).

LookAtTilt 0 IfaniconisdoubleclickedinGoogleEarth,oritslabelin
thePlaceswindow,GoogleEarthwilltiltsothattheviewer
islookingattheiconatthisangle.
 If0,thenlookingstraightdown.If90,thenlookingstraight
across.

Position None Thepositionoftheicon,inanumberofformats:LatLon,

UTM,UPS,MGRS,MGRSPolar,USNG(identicaltoMGRS),
GARS,Maidenhead,Georef,andStatePlane.

UsedinplaceofLatitudeandLongitude.

Thefollowingpositionsreferto
3918'40.58"N10217'30.47"Wwhichisnear
Burlington,Colorado,USA.

Inthefollowingtable,"d"isusedtomarkdegreedigits,
"m"forminutes,and"s"forseconds.Forlat/lon,the
letters"N,S,E,andWcancomebeforeorafterthe
coordinates.Solongasthecoordinatecanbeunderstood,
punctuation,spaces,and'"areoptional.Acceptable
formatsinclude:
DecDegs 39.3112710,102.2917960
dd.ddddddddd.dddddd

DecDegs 39.3112710N,102.2917960W
Micro dd.ddddddddd.dddddd

DecMins 3918.67626',10217.50776'
ddmm.mmmmdddmm.mmmm

DecMins 3918.67626N10217.50776W
ddmm.mmmmdddmm.mmmm

DegMin 3918'40.5756",10217'30.4656"
Secs ddmmss.sssddmmss.sss

DecMins 391840.5756N,1021730.4656W
Secs ddmmss.sssdddmmss.sss

UTM 13S733494mE4354817mN

MGRS,USNG 13SGD3349454817

State UnitedStatesStatePlanecoordinates.
Plane EastingandNorthing(XandY)canbein
Meters,USSurveyFeet,orInternationalFeet,
where
 1USsurveyfoot=1200/3937meters,and
1internationalfoot=0.3048meters

Oursamplepoint,
3918'40.58"N10217'30.47"W,islocated
inZone3001,"ColoradoCentral"
Thepositionisspecifiedas"ZoneXY"as
follows:
05021191021.832473748.348(metersisassumed)
05021191021.832m473748.348m(meters)
05023907544.126ftUS1554289.373ftUS(USSurvey
Feet)
05023907551.941ft1554292.482ft(International
Feet)

Supportedunitsofmeasure
m,ornotspecified Meters

USft,ftUS,sft,fts USSurveyFeet

ft,ift,fti InternationalFeet

X,Y,East,andNorth
Bydefault,theXcoordinate,orEastingis
specifiedfirstandtheYcoordinate,or
Northingisspecifiedsecond.However,the
ordercanbereversedifcoordinatesare
explicitlylabeled.Example:
0502 NormalspecificationZone
3907544.126ftUS 1102followedbyEastingand
1554289.373ftUS NorthinginUSSurveyFeet

0502 Samecoordinate,order
1554289.373NftUS reversed,Northingfollowed
3907544.126EftUS byEasting.

0502 Orderreversed,Ycoordinate
1554289.373YftUS isfirst,Xcoordinateis
3907544.126XftUS second.

GARS 156LU19
Maidenhead DM89UH44XQ69

Anextendedtwelvedigitgridissupported.
Thelowestlevelgridmeasures.125secondsof
longitudex.0625secondsoflatitude.

NotethatUTMposition"13S"isintheNorthern
hemisphere.EarthPointusestheconventionthatthe
UTMBandlettersC,D,E,F,G,H,J,K,L,Mareinthe
southernhemisphereandN,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,Xarein
thenorthernhemisphere.UPSlettersA,B,Y,Zarealso
supported.

Georefisspecifiedto.01minutes,whichisalower
resolutionthantheothersystems.Thus,Georefcannot
plottheabovelocationexactly.Thenexttwopointsare
thesame,buttheyareabout570meterssoutheastofthe
pointsabove.
degmin 3918.67',10217.51'
ddmm.mmdddmm.mm

Georef FJCK42491867

UPSissupported.ThispointisbytheNorthPole.

DegMin 8417'14.0363"N,04214'52.4473E"
Secs ddmmss.ssssdddmmss.ssss

UPS Z2426773E1530125N

MGRS ZGC2677330125

TheequivalentLat/Loncoordinatescanbedisplayedby:
1.AddanAppendLatLonToDescriptioncolumntothe
spreadsheet.Ifthespreadsheetalsohasa
"Description"column,thentheLat/Lon
coordinateswillbeaddedtothedescription.
2.Clickthe"ViewFileonWebPage,Checkfor
errors"buttonabove.MouseoverthePosition
columnentries.TheLat/Loncoordinatesare
displayed.
 Foreachrowofthespreadsheet:
ExactlyoneofLatitudeandLongitude,Position,
TownshipAndRange,orTexasAbstractmustbefilledin.The
othersmustbeblank.Ifallareblank,orifmorethanone
isfilledin,thentherowisinerrorandwillnotbemapped.

TownshipAndRange None WesternUnitedStatesonly,inanumberofformats.Used

inplaceofLatitudeandLongitudeorPosition.

TheQuarter/Quarterclosesttoourexampleposition
3918'40.58"N10217'30.47"WistheSE1/4oftheNW
1/4ofSection35,Range44West,Township8South,Sixth
Meridian,Colorado.

Verbose,forwardandreversed
SE1/4oftheNW1/4ofSection35,Range44West,
Township8South,SixthMeridian,Colorado
Colorado,SixthMeridian,Township8South,Range44
West,Section35,SE1/4oftheNW1/4

Abbreviated,forwardandreversed
SENW3544W8S6thCO
CO6th8S44W35SENW

Ifthereisnopossibilityofduplication,thestateorthe
meridiancanbedropped.Intheaboveexamples,both
SENW3544W8S6thand
SENW3544W8SCOarebothallowed.

However,somestateshavemorethatonemeridian,for
exampleCaliforniahasthree.
CA14N6EcouldbeinanyoftheHumboldt,MountDiablo,
orSanBernardinomeridians.
Yet,Humboldt14N6Eisallowed,asthereisnochanceof
duplication.

Likewise,asinglemeridiancancrossintomorethanone
state,causingduplicationalongtheborder.Forexample,
6th12N84WcouldbeineitherColoradoorMontana.
However,Colorado12N84WestandMontana12N84Ware
permittedasthereisnopossibilityofduplication.

Otherformats
USGSMeridianCodemaybeusedinplaceofthemeridian
name
Forexample,CaliforniaHumboldt14N6EwouldbeCA15
14N6E

BLM"Landkey"
CO6th8S44W35SENWwouldbe
CO06T0080S0440W035SENW

BLMGeocoderformat
CA,21,016,0,N,002,0,W,029,NENE,0
CO,6,8,0,S44,0,W,35,SENW,0

USGS
Code MeridianName

1 First

2 Second

3 Third

4 Fourth

5 Fifth

6 Sixth

7 BlackHills

8 Boise

9 Chickasaw

10 Choctaw

11 Cimarron

12 CopperRiver

13 Fairbanks

14 GilaSaltRiver

15 Humboldt
16 Huntsville

17 Indian

18 Louisiana

19 Michigan

20 Montana

21 MountDiablo

22 Navajo

23 NewMexico

24 St.Helena

25 St.Stephens

26 SaltLake

27 SanBernardino

28 Seward

29 Tallahassee

30 Uintah

31 Ute

32 Washington

33 Willamette

34 WindRiver

35 OhioRiverBase

36 BetweentheMiamis

37 MuskinghamRiver

38 38Unknown

39 SciotoRiverBase(First)

40 SciotoRiverBase

41 SciotoRiverBase(Third)

42 42Unknown
 43 TwelveMileSquare

44 KateelRiver

45 Umiat

47 WestoftheGreatMiami

48 U.S.MilitarySurvey

91 ConnecticutWestern

92 OhioCompanyPurchase

TheequivalentLat/Loncoordinatescanbedisplayedby:
1.AddanAppendLatLonToDescriptioncolumntothe
spreadsheet.Ifthespreadsheetalsohasa
"Description"column,thentheLat/Lon
coordinateswillbeaddedtothedescription.
2.Clickthe"ViewFileonWebPage,Checkfor
errors"buttonabove.MouseoverthePosition
columnentries.TheLat/Loncoordinatesare
displayed.

Foreachrowofthespreadsheet:
ExactlyoneofLatitudeandLongitude,Position,
TownshipAndRange,orTexasAbstractmustbefilledin.The
othersmustbeblank.Ifallareblank,orifmorethanone
isfilledin,thentherowisinerrorandwillnotbemapped.

TexasAbstract None StateofTexas,UnitedStatesonly,inanumberof

formats.UsedinplaceofLatitudeandLongitudeor
Position.

Example,abstract1025inAndersoncounty:
TheFIPScodeforAndersoncountyis001,sothecomplete
abstractnumberis0011025.Thecountynamecanbeused
inplaceoftheFIPScode,asinAnderson1025.Thespace
betweenthecountynameorcodeandabstractnumberis
optional.

Thefollowingvalueswillbeinterpretedasabstract1025in
Andersoncounty.
 ="0011025"
="0011025"
'0011025
'0011025
Anderson1025
Anderson1025

NotethatExcelremovesleadingzerosfromnumeric
values.If0011025isenteredintoacell,thevaluestored
is11025.Unfortunately,11025isnotthenumberofany
TexasAbstract.Thereareseveralwaystopreservethe
leadingzeros.
1)Enterthevalueasaformula,="0011025"
2)Precedethenumericvaluewithasinglequote,'0011025
3)UsetheExceltoolbartoformatthecellas"text".

ShowListofCountyFIPSCodes...

TheequivalentLat/Loncoordinatescanbedisplayedby:
1.AddanAppendLatLonToDescriptioncolumntothe
spreadsheet.Ifthespreadsheetalsohasa
"Description"column,thentheLat/Lon
coordinateswillbeaddedtothedescription.
2.Clickthe"ViewFileonWebPage,Checkfor
errors"buttonabove.MouseoverthePosition
columnentries.TheLat/Loncoordinatesare
displayed.

Foreachrowofthespreadsheet:
ExactlyoneofLatitudeandLongitude,Position,
TownshipAndRange,orTexasAbstractmustbefilledin.The
othersmustbeblank.Ifallareblank,orifmorethanone
isfilledin,thentherowisinerrorandwillnotbemapped.

Snippet None AshorttextdescriptionthatisdisplayedundertheName

inthe"MyPlaces"sectionofGoogleEarth.

Ifblank,notextisdisplayed.

TimeWhen None TimeWhenidentifiesalocationthatistobedisplayedata

singlemomentintime.
Ifblankorinvalidthevalueisignored.

IfyouhaveGPStracksorotherdatathatcontainstime
information,youcanviewthisinformationsequentially
usingthetimesliderinGoogleEarth.GoogleEarthBlog
hasmoreinformationaboutthetimeslider.

Validformatsinclude:
August17,20071:09:26PM
8/17/0713:09:26
2007081713:09:26
1:09:26PM
20070817

Erasaresupported.AD(AnnoDomini),BC(BeforeChrist),
CE(CommonEra),andBCE(BeforeCommonEra),+,and
canappearbeforeorafterthedate,ortheeracanbe
enteredseparatelyintotheTimeWhenEracolumn.

Generallyspeaking,theTimeWhenEracolumnisthe
easiestwaytoaddanera.Thereasonisthatiferais
enteredtogetherwiththedateintheTimeWhencolumn,
thedateformattingwilllikelybelost,causingtheExcelTo
Kmlutilitytoreportaninvalidvalue.
However,iftheeraistoappeartogetherwiththedatein
theTimeWhencolumn,asmightbethecaseifthedatais
importedintoExcelfromanothersource,thenthe
followingareafewvalidexamples:
8/17/0713:09:26BC
B.C.E.8/17/0713:09:26
AD8/17/0713:09:26

ItisalsopossibletouseaformulaintheTimeWhen
columntocombinedateandera.
... C D E
1 ... Date Era TimeWhen
2 ... 20070817 BC =Text(C2,"yyyymmdd")&D2
3 ... Aug17,2007 B.C.E. =Text(E3,"yyyymmdd")&D3
4 ... 8/17/07 =Text(E4,"yyyymmdd")&D4
 TheresultincolumnEwouldbe
20070817BC
20070817B.C.E.
20070817(minussign)

TimeWhenEra blank Erasaresupported.

ADorA.D.(AnnoDomini),
BCorB.C.(BeforeChrist),
CEorC.E.(CommonEra),
BCEorB.C.E.(BeforeCommonEra),
+(plus),
(minus)

IfblankorinvalidthevalueisCommonEra,alsoknownas
AD.

TimeBegin None Indicatesthatthelocationisdisplayedforaspanoftime

startingatTimeBegin.TimeBeginisoftenpairedwith
TimeEnd.However,ifTimeBeginisspecified,butTimeEnd
ismissing,thelocationisdisplayedfromTimeBegin
foreverafter.

Erasaresupported.SeeTimeWhenfordetails.

Ifblankorinvalidthevalueisignored.

TimeBeginEra blank Erasaresupported.

ADorA.D.(AnnoDomini),
BCorB.C.(BeforeChrist),
CEorC.E.(CommonEra),
BCEorB.C.E.(BeforeCommonEra),
+(plus),
(minus)

IfblankorinvalidthevalueisCommonEra,alsoknownas
AD.

TimeEnd None Indicatesthatthelocationisdisplayedforaspanoftime

endingatTimeEnd.TimeEndisoftenpairedwith
TimeBegin.However,ifTimeEndisspecified,but
TimeBeginismissing,thelocationisdisplayedformthe
 beginningoftimeuntilTimeEnd.

Erasaresupported.SeeTimeWhenfordetails.

Ifblankorinvalidthevalueisignored.

TimeEndEra blank Erasaresupported.

ADorA.D.(AnnoDomini),
BCorB.C.(BeforeChrist),
CEorC.E.(CommonEra),
BCEorB.C.E.(BeforeCommonEra),
+(plus),
(minus)

IfblankorinvalidthevalueisCommonEra,alsoknownas
AD.

Allothercolumnsareignored. Othercolumnsareallowedinthefilehowevertheyarenot
usedbyExcelToKML.

GoogleEarthIcons
TheseiconscanbedisplayedonGoogleEarthbyenteringtheiconnumberintothe"Icon"
columnofthespreadsheet.Moveyourmouseovereachicontoseewhatthemouseover
effectwilllooklikeonGoogleEarth.Ifyouwanttogivetheiconsadifferentcolor,addan
"IconColor"columntoyourspreadsheet.

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