NameLatLon2KML is a simple and fast tool to plot your list of names, latitudes and longitudes in Google Earth.
Example data:
Name Latitude Longitude
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STA01 42.46778 0.71306
SMV01 42.48611 0.71583
TIN01 42.49111 0.72472
ART01 42.54833 0.76028
ART02 42.54750 0.75972
BLL03 42.56000 0.71917
RLH01 42.59806 0.76333
IST01 42.61250 0.76556
IST02 42.61250 0.76528
HOS03 42.62556 0.76528
MUL01 42.63000 0.74611
MUL04 42.62972 0.74500
OPN01 42.63639 0.74000
OPN02 42.63639 0.74056
OPN03 42.63639 0.74083
IPN01 42.64028 0.73861
IPN02 42.64028 0.73833
OBS01 42.60444 0.78639
BES01 42.60417 0.80611
LDB01 42.60528 0.82222
LDB03 42.60528 0.82250This script works in Linux. You need to have Google Earth (or any other program that reads kml files) and xsel (for the script to read the clipboard) installed.
Just open your spreadsheet, copy the Name-Lat-Lon columns and run the script. Google Earth will magically open and plot the sites.
Site names should not contain any space.
NameLatLon2KML can be downloaded from here.
Ángel Rodés 