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EAAMS, the Electronic Atlas of Ancient Maya Sites

The Electronic Atlas of Ancient Maya Sites is used to generate point data for use with Google Earth. Our output is KMZ files.

There are three layers of data:

Rank I sites
Rank II sites
Sites clearly visible in Google Earth images

Right-click on the line below, and then select "Save target As" to save to your machine.

Maya Sites for Google Earth

Download this file to your desktop.

Notice the file name ends in K.M.Z  Please remove the two dots (change the filename) so that the file is called "MayaSites.kmz" (We did this to permit the file to pass through some finicky firewalls.)

Next drag and drop the MayaSites.kmz file onto your installed copy of Google Earth. High resolution images are available in Google Earth for many parts of the Maya area.

For an example of this imagery for Maya sites, please see Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico, or Kaminajuyu in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

  © Copyright 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 Walter R. T. Witschey and Clifford T. Brown, The Electronic Atlas of Ancient Maya Sites   Updated 12/23/2008