kml/kmz files not loading by google maps anymore

Question

Until a few months ago this worked: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://www.jcea.es/pics/italia2015/italia2015.kmz

It is NOT working anymore.

I know that I can login in Google maps, create a custom map and upload a KML file (if it has less than 2.000 points, my KML files are far bigger). But I don't want to upload a KML file, I want a map I can overlay a KML hosted in my HTTP/HTTPS server.

In fact I rather prefer to use something like OpenStreetMap instead of Google, but I don't know any service I could use.

Answer 1

You can:

• Create your own solution with Leaflet http://leafletjs.com/ and one of the plugins from a list below http://leafletjs.com/plugins.html#overlay-data

• Use http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/ with external data overlay. Check layers. It's not as easy as paste a link into google map search, but much more power-full. Yuo could upload your data or use a link to external file or files.

• Use http://share.mapbbcode.org/ you still need to upload your kml/kmz but after that you could export created map in html and use it on your own site. It's easier than umap, but not as power-full.

• If there are only points in your dataset, you may convert them into GeoJSON or csv and use http://geojson.io