adding kml to google maps

Question

I am trying to overlay the KML file over google maps and want to know where I can host the kml file which I will then be able to add to the google maps. I tried using google drive and dropbox but they do not allow the file to be read from these sites.

Can somebody tell me where I can host it?

UPDATE

According to this google-groups discussion, I cannot overlay a KML file from my local system.

Ok my Map is already on Google Fusion, means I created my map using google fusion now I wish to overlay KML over it — Sam007, May 30 '12 at 22:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

As you have already discovered, you cannot host the KML file on your local system. The file is fetched by Google Maps via http, so you must host it on a system that will respond to http requests from Google Maps. You could create an account at Google Sites if you want to stay in the Google ecosystem. If you're developing a web app, just host it on your web server. This is pretty much explained in the link you provided above.

A number of approaches are explained in this question, which is a nearly exact duplicate.

adding kml to google maps

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