KMZ is the compressed map format Google Earth exports. It is a zip archive that holds a KML description of places, paths, and areas.

Is the PNG a map like in Google Earth?

It is a flat rendering. Every place, path, and area in the file is drawn on a white background, so you can see the shape of the map without opening heavy GIS software.

What if my file has no places or paths?

A valid KMZ with no drawable features cannot be rendered, and the conversion stops with an error instead of returning a blank image.

Convert a KMZ map to PNG

Open a Google Earth export anywhere. This page turns a KMZ map into a PNG image you can paste into slides, notes, or reports.

How to convert

Upload a .kmz file (up to 40 MB).
Press Convert file.
Download the rendered PNG map.

What you get

A single PNG out.png with:

White background
Every feature drawn in dark blue
Places, routes, and areas scaled to fit the image
A flat, north-up rendering

The conversion runs entirely in the browser's server sandbox: the KMZ container is unpacked, its KML geometry (places, paths, and areas) is read directly, and the map is drawn pixel by pixel before being saved as a real PNG. You do not need any GIS tools installed.

Limitations

KMZ files with no KML document or no drawable coordinates cannot be mapped and will error cleanly instead of returning a blank image.
Only the vector geometry is drawn; embedded ground images and 3D terrain are not included.
Files larger than 40 MB are not accepted.