# Problem creating a new place from a kml file **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 19, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929 "2019-08-19T23:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tchester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tchester/32/1740_2.png) [@tchester](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tchester)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929/1 "2019-08-19T23:07:24Z")
I tried to create a new place for the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon from the rim to Indian Gardens, using this .kml file: [http://tchester.org/temp/gc/Bright%20Angel%20Trail%20Rim%20to%20Indian%20Gardens.kml](http://tchester.org/temp/gc/Bright%20Angel%20Trail%20Rim%20to%20Indian%20Gardens.kml) When I clicked on “save place”, I got the message “sorry; that doesn’t exist”. This sounds like the “create new place bug” from Apr 9. ---
**Author:** ![tchester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tchester/32/1740_2.png) [@tchester](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tchester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929/2 "2019-08-20T19:57:26Z")
I tried it again, using Chrome, in case it was a Firefox issue, but still had the same problem. I tried it again, using Firefox, with a shorter name for the place, just in case there was a problem with the length of the name. It still didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![karen33317](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/karen33317/32/5897_2.png) [@karen33317](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/karen33317)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929/3 "2019-08-20T20:58:20Z")
Your coordinates don’t look correct to me. It doesn’t seem like you should have a coordinate with a negative and regular longitiude. This -112.14356419625551,36.057299191254266 puts me near the Grand Canyon While this 112.14450833382875,36.05722980322578 puts me in China ---
**Author:** ![tchester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tchester/32/1740_2.png) [@tchester](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tchester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929/4 "2019-08-20T21:11:39Z")
karen, thanks for checking the file! I didn’t think of looking at it. But it seems OK to me, all the longitudes have a minus in front of them, when I look at the file without using wordwrap. You’re probably looking at a wrapped version, in which a line might be broken between the minus sign and the 112. I had also previous checked to make sure it opened OK in Google Earth, which it does. ---
**Author:** ![tchester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tchester/32/1740_2.png) [@tchester](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tchester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929/5 "2019-08-20T21:22:17Z")
Karen, you helped me solve the problem; many thanks! When I looked at the import into Google Earth, I saw that it had imported TWO shapes. The first one was blank. The second one was the intended delimitation. I edited the file to remove the extra shape, as well as some extra blank code at the top, and it worked perfectly. Btw, I made the file using this site: [https://www.doogal.co.uk/polylines.php](https://www.doogal.co.uk/polylines.php) And it apparently remembered my first attempt which I had deleted. ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/problem-creating-a-new-place-from-a-kml-file/5929/6 "2019-09-05T13:45:49Z")