The Google Earth custom maps features that allows you to view KML files, is extremely powerful and has now been added to mobile devices in Google Earth 6.2 for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.

A quick trick for viewing a KML map file directly in Google Maps without downloading it or opening Google Earth.

Keyhole Google Earth was released in June, 2005, but the story of it begins well before that. Keyhole, Inc was formed in 2001 and created a product called “Earth Viewer” — essentially an ...