How To convert a kmz file into a Shapefile

How to convert Stream network into Shape file

There are two steps to convert Kmz file into shapefile first on Google Earth second step on Arc GIS.

First of all open Google Earth for your project let’s say you  are interesting to work on River system of an area, if you  are working a on a river system there will be many streams which are feeding the river so you have to add a folder by right click in the table of content so that you have to work in that particular folder all the stream network will be in the same folder. Name that folder Stream or anything as you wish.  

After adding folder right click on the folder you just created click add and then click path because you are working a path or on a line. Just rename the path as you wish then start to mark the points do not press ok until you are done with the stream ends. For next stream again right click on the folder you just created click add and then click path so repeat the procedure unless you are done with all the stream network of you study area. You will have bulk of streams in that folder.

                 

After having done with all the streams go to table of content and right click on the folder that you had created click on save as and save the file in kmz format name your file as you wish. Also give the path where you want to save file. Check the folder the file will be saved in the folder.

If you are willing of save this work as an image go to file and click save and select save as

image select your desire format.

The next step is converting kmz file to shape file for that you have to use Arc GIS. Let’s start to work on Arc GIS.

               

 Click on Arc toolbox then Conversion tools the click on From kml because your file is in kmz so that why you had to select that option. In the input option give the location of your file which you had saved earlier. Give a output location and name the file as you wish. 
To save this as an image again go to file click export map name it save it in your desire format .

                      

  

Finally your stream networks converted into a shapefile. Now you can work further more whatever you wants.