To go along with its new KML grid creator, Zonums Software also has a new web app that generates a randomly-distributed set of placemarks in KML for use in Google Earth and other compatible apps. Enter latitude/longitude limits for the area along with the number of points and other parameters in the web form:
Click on “Generate Points”, and get a Google Maps view of the random points:
Click on “Download KML File”, and the KML code is generated and displayed in the browser. Save the page as a KML file, and you can open it in Google Earth:
Randomly-distributed points are often used for statistical sampling purposes. While KML may not be the ideal format for that application, this is at least a convenient way to generate them. If you need them in a more conventional GIS format (like a shapefile), you can use Zonum’s kml2shp application to convert the random KML points into a random point shapefile.
Other posts in the Google Earth Data Tools series
- KML Editors
- Diagramming In Google Maps And Google Earth With Smoot
- Plotting Data In Google Earth Using GE-Graph
- Drawing Grids, Paths And Polygons In Google Earth Using GE-Path
- Online Google Earth Utilities For Buffering And Area Calculations
- Easy Display Of Thematic Data In Google Maps And Google Earth
- Using GIF/PNG Transparency In Displaying Raster Graphics In Google Earth
- Adding Vector Graphic Objects To Google Earth
- Animated GIFs In Google Earth
- Creating A Network KML Link To A Google Spreadsheet
- LIDAR Tools
- EarthPlot Software Tools For Google Earth
- Geographic Time Animations
- Convert TIGER Polygons To KML Files
- Putting Time Data Into A KML File
- Using The KML Time Embedder To Stamp Time Data Into A Google Earth File
- Using The KML Time Embedder, Concluded
- KML Time Embedder Improved With Hour-Minute-Second Ability
- Grid Creation And Path/Polygon Measurements: Two New Online KML Tools
- Google Earth PhotoOverlay Tool
- KML Random Placemark Generator
- Update For Online Google Earth Utilities
- KML Time Code Utility
- Screen Overlays In Google Earth
- The KML Screen Overlay Maker Utility
- KML Screen Overlay Maker Utility, Concluded
- KML Circle Generator
- Creating Google Earth Screen Overlays With EarthPaint
- Text Editor With KML Validation
- Online Spreadsheet To KML Converter
- Version 2.0 Of Google’s Online KML Spreadsheet Mapper Tool Released
- Creating Google Earth Ground Overlays From Georeferenced Images
- Google Earth Ground Overlays With GIF Transparency
- Creating "Transparent" Topo Map Overlays For Google Earth
- Using Google Earth Ground Overlays To Display Shapefile Data
- Converting 3D Objects Into Google Earth Format
- Thematic Mapping In Google Earth
- An Online KML Validator
- Modify A KML Polygon File With Excel Data
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