What happened to my places on Google Earth?

Google Earth stores placemarks in a file on your local computer so you lose these placemarks if the file becomes corrupt or is deleted or if you open the application on a different computer. Google Earth stores a backup copy of the file so you can restore your placemarks as long as you can access the file.

How do I find my places on Google Earth?

Open Google Earth.
In the left-hand panel under “Places” “My Places,” click Ctrl + left mouse key.
Click Save Place As.
In the box that opens, in the “Save as” field, type the name of the file.
In the “Where” field, choose a location to save to from the drop-down list.
Click Save.
Google Earth will save the file as a .

How do I sync my places in Google Earth?

Load your saved file from the old computer to Downloads or wherever. When you click on the file GE should open with your information in Temporary Places. Right click on the file and select ‘Save to My Places’ or drag and drop as necessary. Google My Maps saves your work in Google Drive.

Where are Google Earth pins saved?

Opening Placemarks Placemark is the name given to the points created in Google Earth Pro. These are saved in files called kml or kmz files. These files can be saved in the same way as any other file in your ‘My Documents’, department shared area or hosted on your VLE.

How do I restore a deleted Google Earth?

Google Earth Pro doesn’t keep a trash file. If you delete a file and then close the program, the file is gone forever. If the program is still open, you should be able to right click on the top My Places icon and select Revert to return the My Places to the state it was at the beginning of your session.

What is the difference between KML and KMZ?

KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is the data format used by Google Earth Pro and Google Maps. KML files are like HTML, and only contains links to icons and raster layers. A KMZ file combines the images with the KML into a single zipped file.