Just a note. GeoServer has some KML support, I have used it for some point and linestring data from shapefiles. http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOSDOC/How+do+I+set+output+format+for+KML http://chris.narx.net/2005/08/07/clarification-on-adding-wms-to-google-earth/ cheers Jorn