KML to Plot Cell Sites

[philven]

I track cell usage as part of law enforcement investigations. I used
Microsoft Map Point, but can I do the same thing in Google Earth
using KML? The cell site locations are provided by the carriers in
Excel. I now use Linux and import the Excel files into OpenOffice,
but retain the .xls file format. What I want to be able to do is put
the cell sites I want to plot into Google Earth, then either print it,
or create a screen shot that can be input into a slide show
presentation for court. I downloaded a program called XLS2KLM, which
is an Excel sheet with a macro installed. Is what I want to do
possible in Linux with the tools I describe?

[ManoM]

Hi philven,

What your asking is certainly possible in Google Earth, but you might
want to read the License terms first to make sure you would be in
compliance:
http://earth.google.com/intl/en-US/license.html

If you would be in compliance, you might want to check out Google
Earth Plus, which would allow you to import spreadsheets directly.

ManoM

I don't know if OpenOffice allows macros, and I haven't seen any that
create

[philven]

Now my next question is, how do I take the data from the spreadsheet
into Google Earth to show the map points? I'm new at this. I found
out about KML by accident so I haven't figured out make it work yet.

Phil

[ManoM]

Hi Phil,

If you're using Google Earth Plus or Pro, you can simple open the file
from Google Earth. Once it is open, you can copy or save it out to
KML.

ManoM