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1 MB KML sample file

A KML file of exactly 1,048,576 bytes. It is a valid Keyhole Markup Language file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser. Use it wherever you need a 1 MB sample, test or dummy KML file.

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sample-kml-1mb.kml

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Type
application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml
SHA-256
218c6e6434d351c5d38233f46d8af81283266cd32341f5d804b52657714b46ce
Direct URL
https://www.sampletestfiles.com/downloads/kml/sample-kml-1mb.kml

What is in this file

A Document of 4,087 placemarks around real cities, mostly points, with a line string and a polygon in every ten, and two shared styles. An XML comment before the closing tags brings the file to the exact size.

Placemarks4,087
Geometry typesPoint, LineString, Polygon
Coordinate orderLongitude, latitude, altitude (WGS 84)
VersionKML 2.2
EncodingUTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-kml-1mb.kml, exactly as they appear in the file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
<Document>
  <name>Sample KML file (1 MB)</name>
  <description>Fictional places for testing map imports.</description>
  <Style id="pin"><IconStyle><scale>1.1</scale></IconStyle></Style>
  <Style id="outline"><LineStyle><color>ff0055d6</color><width>3</width></LineStyle><PolyStyle><color>4d0055d6</color></PolyStyle></Style>
  <Placemark id="p1">
    <name>Jaipur place 1</name>
    <description>Category: team. Country: IN.</description>
    <styleUrl>#pin</styleUrl>
    <Point><coordinates>75.76522,26.98449,0</coordinates></Point>
  </Placemark>
  <Placemark id="p2">

Preview

Shows the first 64 KB of the file.

Where 1 MB matters

A 1,048,576-byte file: exactly the default upload limit of nginx, Spring Boot and Next.js. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

SystemLimitNote
nginx1 MB by default (client_max_body_size)A multipart upload of this file exceeds the limit by the size of the form boundaries.
Spring Boot multipart1 MB per file by default (max-file-size)A file of exactly 1 MB is at the limit.
Next.js API routes and Server Actions1 MB by defaultLarger bodies need the size limit raised in configuration.
Cloud Firestore documents1 MiB (1,048,576 bytes)The same number of bytes as this file.
Apache Kafka messagesAbout 1 MB by defaultBrokers reject larger records unless message.max.bytes is raised.

All 1 MB sample files

Use this file for

  • Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
  • Testing map imports and layer rendering
  • Checking conversion between KML, GPX and GeoJSON

Testing notes for KML

  • KML can pull in remote content through network links and icon URLs. An importer should not fetch them blindly. The samples here refer to nothing outside the file.
  • Longitude comes first. Reading the pair the other way round moves every point to a different part of the world.

KML format reference

Technical details

File namesample-kml-1mb.kml
FormatKML (Keyhole Markup Language)
Extension.kml
MIME typeapplication/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml
Size1,048,576 bytes (1 MB)
KindText
SHA-256218c6e6434d351c5d38233f46d8af81283266cd32341f5d804b52657714b46ce
Created2026-10-10
ValidationExact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
PreviewAvailable on this page
SourceGenerated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
LicenceFree to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
CategoryGIS

Validated for expected format and integrity. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked

Download from the command line and verify

Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

curl -o sample-kml-1mb.kml 'https://www.sampletestfiles.com/downloads/kml/sample-kml-1mb.kml'
sha256sum sample-kml-1mb.kml     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-kml-1mb.kml # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-kml-1mb.kml -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 1 MB?
Yes. It is 1,048,576 bytes, which is 1 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 1 MB KML file?
A Document of 4,087 placemarks around real cities, mostly points, with a line string and a polygon in every ten, and two shared styles. An XML comment before the closing tags brings the file to the exact size.
What do the KML samples contain?
Placemarks near sixteen real cities on six continents: mostly points, with a path and a polygon in every ten, and two shared styles.