Compute distance from Google Earth Path (in .kml file)

Every Google Earth user is going mad about path and distance: you can get Path or Distance but not both.

This little snipset help you to get path AND distance.

Create your path as usual with Google Earth
Save it as a .kml file (not .kmz)
Run the this script

The current version is KML 2.2

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