KMZ to Shapefile Converter

How it works

1. Pick or drop a KMZ file, for example one saved from Google Earth.
2. The KML inside it is read and drawn on the map, with notes about anything a shapefile cannot keep.
3. Download the zip with the .shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj and .cpg files.

Everything runs in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to our servers.

Input and output

Input

A .kmz file, for example saved from Google Earth.

Output

A .zip with the .shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj and .cpg files of a shapefile in WGS84 latitude and longitude (EPSG:4326).

Example

plots.kmz: a zip holding doc.kml, with one polygon, Plot 1, and the attributes species = Cedrela odorata and planted = 2025-03-01.

plots_shapefile.zip: plots.shp, plots.shx, plots.dbf, plots.prj, plots.cpg
Attributes: name = Plot 1, species = Cedrela odorata, planted = 2025-03-01
Note: KML styles (colours, icons) and folders are not kept.

Limits

• Only the first KML file inside the KMZ is read, as in Google Earth; the page says so when there are more.
• Images, icons and overlays inside the KMZ aren't part of a shapefile and are left out.
• Styles (colours, icons) and folders aren't kept; names, descriptions and data fields become attributes.
• Attribute names are cut to 10 plain letters, digits or underscores, text values to 254 bytes, and a table to 255 attributes. The page lists every name it changed.
• Heights (Z values) are left out, because the shapefile is 2D.
• A file that mixes points, lines and polygons gives one shapefile for each.
• Multipoints become one point each and geometry collections split into separate shapes; features without a shape and rings with no area are left out. The page lists each change.

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