What is the difference between .zip and .kmz?
- Extension
- .zip
- .kmz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- GIS
- Developer
- Phil Katz
- Description
- A ZIP file is an archive that contains one or more files compressed or "zipped" using Zip compression. It stores files separately from each other allowing the files to be compressed using different methods and extracted without compressing or decompressing the entire archive.
- MIME Type
- application/zip
- application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
- Wikipedia
- .zip on Wikipedia