Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents ● Introduction ❍ ❍ ❍ Welcome to Google Earth! Once you download and install Google Earth, your computer becomes a window to anywhere on the planet, allowing you to view highresolution aerial and satellite imagery, elevation terrain, road and street labels, business listings, and more. See Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google Earth. Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google Earth New Features in Version 4.
Managing Search Results ● Measuring Distances and Areas ● Drawing Paths and Polygons ● Using Image Overlays and 3D Models ● Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● ● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● Making Movies with Google Earth ● ● Keyboard Controls ● 3D Viewer Options 1. Search panel - Use this to find places and directions and manage search results. Google Earth EC may display additonal tabs here. 2.
15. 3D Viewer - View the globe and its terrain in this window. 16. Status bar - View coordinate, elevation and imagery streaming status here. Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google Earth Want to jump in and start having fun with Google Earth? Try any of the the following: 1. View an image of your home, school or any place on Earth - Click Fly To. Enter the location in the input box and click the Search button. In the search results (Places panel), double click the location.
● Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec ● Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM ● Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen ● For better performance, see Recommended Configuration. To use Google Earth on a Mac, you must have at least the following: ● Operating System: Mac OS X 10.
At this time, Google Earth supports the following languages: ● English ● French ● German ● Italian ● Japanese ● Spanish Additional Support In addition to this user guide, Google offers a number of resources that can help you use and enjoy Google Earth. These include: ● Tutorials: These provide hands-on lessons using the Google Earth. ● FAQs: View a list answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about Google Earth.
Tip: When the Google Earth Pro/EC login and password appear, write these down so you can use them later to activate the software on this or another computer. Navigating in Google Earth Tip: Follow a tutorial on this subject: Navigating on the Earth In Google Earth, you see the Earth and its terrain in the 3D viewer.
the Mac). Once the cursor changes to a double arrow, move the mouse backward or pull toward you, releasing the button when you reach the desired elevation. If you want to zoom continuously in, hold the button down and briefly pull the mouse down and release the button, as if you are "throwing" the scene. Click once in the viewer to stop the motion. ❍ ● Zoom out - There are a number of ways to zoom out with the mouse.
horizon view, left click and move the mouse back (toward you). To accelerate, right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) and move the mouse forward. To decelerate, right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) and move the mouse backward. The response in the 3D viewer to your mouse movements is related to the vigorousness of your mouse movements, so you can test this mode out slowly using movements. To return to standard trackball navigation mode, type Ctrl ( the viewer at any time, press the spacebar. ● on the Mac) + T.
Tilting and Viewing Hilly Terrain When you first start Google Earth, the default view of the earth is a "top-down" view, which looks like the view straight down out of an airplane window when you are sufficiently zoomed in. ● ● ● ● Tilt the terrain from 0 - 90 degrees - You can use the mouse or the navigation controls to tilt the view in order to see a different perspective of the area you're exploring.
Consider also using the Overview Map Window as a way to provide an additional perspective on your location, especially when you are zoomed in to unfamiliar places. Setting the Start Location You can set the starting (default) location that appears each time you launch Google Earth. To do this, navigate to the appropriate location and perspective and click View > Make this my starting location.
Google Earth User Guide Version 4.1 - For Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux Google Earth - Google Earth Plus - Google Earth Pro - Google EC Table of Contents Measuring Distances and Areas Introduction ● ● Getting to Know Google Earth Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google Earth ● ● Measuring Tool Features and Options Available Units of Measure New Features in Version 4.
❍ Finding Places and Directions ● Finding Addresses and Locations ❍ ● ● ● ● ● ● Search Methods ● Placing Google SketchUp 3D Models Getting and Printing Directions ❍ Getting Directions ❍ Printing Directions Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● Using Third Party Vector Data Using Generic Text Files Touring and Saving Directions ❍ Touring the Route ❍ Saving Directions Showing and Hiding Points of Interest Required Location Fields Using Addresses ❍ ● Sightseeing Optional and Descrip
Using Layers ● ● Datums Layers Versus Places Using Points of Interest (POIs) ❍ Locating POIs in Your Viewing Area ● ● Saving or Copying POIs to My Places What Is a Datum? Using Style Templates ● ❍ What is a Map Projection? Applying a Style Template ❍ ❍ Viewing Layer SubCategories ❍ ❍ Tuning Display of POIs ❍ Using Map Features ● Roads ● Terrain ● Borders ● Viewing 3D Buildings ● Viewing Google SketchUp 3D Models ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Using Places ● Organizing Places Data ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ● ❍
● ● ● Opening Saved Placemarks Deleting Places Data Types for Style Mapping ● Showing and Hiding Places Data ● About KML ● ● Customizing the Value Ranges for Numeric Data A Style Template Example KML Specification and Tutorial ❍ Setting KML Error Options ❍ ❍ Sharing Places Information ❍ ❍ Emailing an Image ❍ Emailing Places Data ❍ ❍ Troubleshooting Email Issues ❍ ● Sharing Data Over a Network ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Saving Data to a Server ● Importing the File Creating Style Template Name and
Options Behavior Editing Places and Folders ● Repositioning Placemarks ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ Dragging the Placemark ● ● Locking a Placemark to the Center of the View Movie Quality Levels Tips for Recording Movies ❍ ❍ Entering Advanced Coordinates Setting the View ❍ Applying a New View ❍ Returning to the Default, Top-Down View ● Writing Descriptions ● Changing Labels ● Making Movies with Google Earth ❍ ❍ Setting Icons for Places and Folders ❍ ❍ Using Custom Icons Setting Line Color and Wid
Finished Managing Search Results Keyboard Controls ❍ ❍ ❍ Search Results Basics ● Clearing Search Results ● 3D Viewer Navigation ● Tour Mode Controls ● Side Panel Controls Printing Search Results ■ Application Level Control Viewing Many Results 3D Viewer Options ● Displaying a Lat/Lon Grid ❍ ❍ ● ❍ ● Setting the View Size Using the Overview Window ❍ ● Switching to Full Screen Mode Overview Map Features Adjusting the Overview Window Size and Zoom Ratio Viewing Preferences Memory and
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents ● Introduction Finding Places and Directions Finding Places and Directions Note - Not all language versions of Google Earth support all the features described on this page. Learn more here.
Folders Managing Search Results ● Google Earth recognizes the following types of search terms, which you can enter with or without commas.
Searching for Listings You can search for directory listings using the Find Businesses tab in Google Earth. To do this, enter your search term in the What input box and click on the Search button. The top 10 matching results are displayed in the current view. To target your search over a specific city, enter the name and state of the city in the Where input box. This returns the first 10 results from the center of that city outwards, searching web page information in that region.
You can get and print directions to and from any placemark in the 3D viewer, or any place listed in the search results or available in the Places panel. Getting Directions Directions are available for a place or listing in the following ways: ● Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on an icon or listing result - In the popup menu, select either Directions from here or Directions to here. When you do this, the Search panel automatically transfers the information to the Directions tab.
Select the Route item at the end of the directions listing. Click the Play Tour button: The 3D viewer automatically starts the tour from the departure point, oriented in the correct direction as if you were flying over the route you have marked. The tour follows the route, stops at the end, and zooms out to encompass the entire route in the 3D viewer. See Touring Places for more information. Note - You can also display driving directions in an animated time sequence. To learn more, see Viewing a Timeline.
Once you save the directions to your My Places folder, you can edit the folder and its placemarks in the same way you would any place data. See Editing Places and Folders for more information. Showing and Hiding Points of Interest The Layers panel holds an extensive list of points of interest (POIs) that you can turn on to display in the 3D viewer wherever you are.
Tip - If you are upgrading to Google Earth from a previous version, you can access the Sightseeing folder by opening the default_myplaces.kml file located in the Google Earth installation folder, as follows: 1. Click File > Open. A dialog box appears. Use the dialog box to navigate to the folder where Google Earth is installed. If you installed Google Earth using the default method, look in Program Files > Google > Google Earth for the application. 2. Select the default_myplaces.kml file and click Open.
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Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Marking Places ● Introduction When you first start Google Earth, the Places panel contains an empty My Places folder to hold places that you want to save. (If you are upgrading from a previous version of Google Earth, Google Earth imports your saved places.) Every item located in the My Places folder is saved for subsequent Google Earth sessions.
Drawing Paths and Polygons ● ❍ ❍ Using Image Overlays and 3D Models ● Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● ● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth Select Placemark from the Add Menu. Click the Pushpin icon on the toolbar menu at the the top of the screen The New Placemarkdialog box appears and a New Placemarkicon is centered in the viewer inside a flashing yellow square. Position the placemark.
My Places folder by right-clicking (CTRL clicking on the Mac) on the placemark in the viewer and selecting Save to My Places from the pop-up menu. You can also use the copy feature as follows: 1. Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on a POI and select Copy from the pop-up menu. 2. Open the My Places folder to display the destination folder for the POI. 3. Position your cursor over the desired folder or sub-folder. 4. Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) and select Paste from the pop-up menu.
any folder within the Places panel. Release the item to place it in the new location. ● ● Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on a search result in either the listing or the 3D viewer and select Save to My Places from the popup menu. Use the copy feature by right-clicking (CTRL clicking on the Mac) on a result listing in either the viewer or the Search panel and selecting Copy from the pop-up menu.
can also type Ctrl ( on the Mac) + P. When you print an image, a Print dialog box appears that asks you to choose one of the following: ● ● ● Driving Directions - Learn more here 3D View + Placemark Details - This is available if you have selected any placemark or folder in the Places folder. This prints the current 3D view plus placemark information and images. 3D View - Choose an appropriate resolution (see below). You can then select available printers, just as you would for any document.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Using Layers ● Introduction The Layers feature in Google Earth provides a variety of data points of geographic interest that you can select to display over your viewing area. This includes points of interest (POIs) as well as map, road, terrain, and even building data.
Measuring Distances and Areas Layers content is created by Google or its content partners. Google publishes the content you see in the Layers panel. Drawing Paths and Polygons Information which appears the Places panel, however, can be created by anyone using Google Earth or KML. Learn more about sharing places data.
for the item. For example, the Dining layer contains sub-categories of all types of dining, from fast food to seafood. You can turn on restaurant information for a specific type of dining (i.e., seafood only), or you can select the top-level Dining check box to display all Dining types. When you have a mix of items selected in a category, you can right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on the parent folder and select Hide Contents from the pop-up menu to quickly hide all elements within the category.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Using Map Features ● Introduction This section covers how to set and use the map controls, which include roads, terrain, borders. buildings, and models.
Using Image Overlays and 3D Models in to see the label. ● Terrain Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● ● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● Making Movies with Google Earth ● ● Keyboard Controls ● 3D Viewer Options The terrain layer shows 3D elevation data for the viewing region. Elevation data is limited to natural geographic features, like mountains and canyons, and does not apply to buildings.
you see only major boundaries. When you zoom in to a more confined region, you might see state or county labels depending upon your viewing elevation. Viewing 3D Buildings Some geographic areas in Google Earth database display simple 3D buildings. To view these: 1. Turn on the 3D building layer by selecting the 3D Buildings folder check box in the Layers tab. 2. Position the viewer within a reasonable viewing altitude over a major city such as San Francisco.
Viewing Google SketchUp 3D Models Tip: Some Google SketchUp models do not appear correctly in Google Earth until you turn off the 3D buildings layer. For more information, see Viewing 3D Buildings. You can easily view Google SketchUp 3D models in Google Earth. To do this: 1. Visit http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ 2. Search for a model that interests you and click it. 3. Click Download to Google Earth. Note that this option may not be available for all models. 4.
A Google SketchUp model of AT&T Park in San Francisco Tip - You can also view available 3D models using the 3D Model network link.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Using Places ● Introduction Once you are familiar with the basics of marking places on the Earth, you can refer to this section to learn all the features available to you in the Places panel.
● description appears in a balloon in the 3D viewer. In addition, you can use a number of HTML tags to format your description and include images, including ,
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Removing a Placemark or Folder To delete an item, right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) the entry and select Delete from the pop-up menu, or select Delete from the Edit menu when the item is selected in the Places panel. A confirmation dialog box asks if you want to delete the placemark or folder. If you delete a folder, you also delete all its contents, including other folders and icons. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
the file system on your computer's hard drive. ● ● From the File menu, select Open. Navigate to the folder on your computer that contains the KMZ or KML data you want to open in Google Earth. Select the file and click the Open button. The folder or placemark appears beneath the Temporary Places folder and the 3D viewer flies to the view set for the folder or placemark (if any). Locate the file you want to open.
Showing and Hiding Places Data Once you begin collecting a fair amount of place data, you can use the show/ hide features of Google Earth to quickly manage the amount of content visible in the 3D viewer. To hide places data, select or de-select the check box next to an item. To turn off the display for a single placemark or overlay in the 3D viewer, click the item to remove the check mark. To turn on a single item, select the check box.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents About KML ● Introduction KML, or Keyhole Markup Language, is an XML grammar and file format for modeling and storing geographic features such as points, lines, images, polygons, and models for display in Google Earth and Google Maps. You can use KML to share places and information with other users of Google Earth and Google Maps. Likewise, you can find KML files on the Google Earth Community site that describe interesting features and places.
Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● 1. Click Tools > Options > 3D View. (On the Mac, click Google Earth > Preferences > 3D View). The Options dialog box appears. 2. Click the General tab. ● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● 3.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Sharing Places Information ● Introduction The section describes how you can share placemarks, shapes, and folder data with other people including both users and non-users of Google Earth.
in two other ways: ● 3D Viewer Options ● ● Attach a KMZ file or folder saved to your computer's hard drive to an email. If you followed the instructions listed in Saving Places Data, locate your saved KMZ file and attach it to an outbound email as you would with any attachment. Email a placemark that is centered in your 3D viewer directly from Google Earth (see below). To email places data: 1. Do one of the following: ● Click File > Email > Email Place .
persistently available to a large number of people. ● ● Automatic Updates/Network Link Access - Any new information or changes you make to network-based KMZ information is automatically available to all users who access the KML data via a network link. Backup - If for some reason the data on your local computer is corrupt or lost, you can open any of the KMZ files that you have saved to a network location, and if so desired, save it as a local file again.
About Network Links The network link feature in Google Earth provides a way for multiple clients to view the same networkbased or web-based KMZ data and automatically see any changes to the content as those changes are made. A network link allows for content publishing in a manner similar to web page/web browser content delivery: ● ● A network link provides a way to deliver dynamic data to multiple Google Earth users.
selected folder is automatically set as the container for the network link. The New Network Link dialog box appears. Enter the name of your link in the Name field. Enter the full path of the KMZ file in the Link field, or browse to the file location if the file is located on a network. You can use a URL to reference the KMZ, such as http://www.test.com/myKMZ.kmz. The 3D viewer immediately flies to the default view for the linked data. 2. Enter descriptive text or HTML.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Touring Places ● Introduction In addition to touring directions, you can tour items in your Places listing by selecting the check box next to items you want to tour and clicking on the Play Tour button at the bottom of the Places panel. The tour begins playing in the 3D viewer, which flies to each location and stops for a period of time before flying to the next place in the list. To stop the tour, click the Stop Tour button beneath the Places listing.
Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● ● Tour only one folder or item. Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth Check the appropriate folder or item. Uncheck all other folders and items in the Places folder. ● Click the Play Tour button (bottom of the Places panel). Making Movies with Google Earth ● ● Keyboard Controls ● 3D Viewer Options Touring Directions or Paths Only individual placemarks, overlays, and lines within a folder are toured.
Pause Time and Balloons at Each Stop You can set the desired pause time for each stop in the tour. You can also set Google Earth to display balloons at each placemark when the tour pauses. 1. Windows/Linux: Click Tools > Options. Mac: Click Google Earth > Preferences. 2. Click on the Touring tab. 3. In the Fly-To/Tour Settings area, adjust the Tour Pause slider in seconds, from 0 to 60, or enter any number in seconds. 4.
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Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Editing Places and Folders ● Introduction Once you have become familiar with the basic steps involved in creating and organizing places and folders, you can use this section to learn how you can further modify the appearance of places and folders that you have saved. You can edit the style settings, position, and view for an individual placemark or a folder that contains place data.
Making Movies with Google Earth 49.11675953666N. ● ● ● Keyboard Controls ● ● 3D Viewer Options Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds (DMS). In this notation, decimal precision is set in the seconds coordinate. For example, 49 7'20.06"N. Degrees, Minutes with Decimal Seconds (DMM) In this notation, decimal precision is set in the minutes coordinate. For example, 49 7.0055722"N. (Here, 20.06 seconds above is divided by 3600 to get the decimal minute value for 20.06 seconds.
Top-down, north up view Tilted and rotated view Setting a view for a folder serves a different purpose than for an individual item. Applying a New View First, position the 3D viewer at the viewing orientation you desire and then choose one of the following options: ● Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on the item in the list view or the 3D view and select Snapshot View from the pop-up menu.
In the Places panel, a small amount, or snippet, of the description appears beneath the folder or item. Keep in mind the following points about text in the Description field: ● ● ● Valid web URLs are automatically converted to HTML and can be clicked on from the info balloon to produce the related web page in the web window. Many HTML tags are respected, such as font, style, and table tags.
● ● Size - To change the display size for a label, enter a value in the Scale field or click on the Scale button and use the slider to adjust the size of the label to your preference. The maximum scale value for an icon is 4 pixels. Opacity - The opacity setting indicates how transparent the label is relative to the imagery beneath it. By default, the opacity is 100%, which means that it completely obscures any imagery beneath it.
default, the opacity is 100%, which means that it completely obscures any imagery beneath it. If you have changed the width and color of your line, you might want it to be partially transparent so imagery beneath is visible. To do this, enter a percentage opacity in the Opacity field or click on the Opacity button and use the slider to adjust transparency to your preference. Setting Altitude You can change altitude settings in the Altitude tab of the Edit Placemark/Folder dialog box (Edit > Properties).
more information on how to apply these settings, see the rest of the topics in this section. ● ● ● Folder name and description - The name and description that you provide when you edit a folder applies only to that folder and not to the items it contains. Use these fields to identify the folder and describe its contents. Folder view - As with the name and description, the view applies only to the folder.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents ● Introduction Finding Places and Directions ● ● Marking Places ● Using Layers ● Using Map Features ● Using Places ● About KML Sharing Places Information ● ● Making Movies with Google Earth Note - Movie making features are available to users of the Google Earth Pro and Google Earth EC products. Visit http://earth.google.com/products. html for more information.
plan or additional layers of information as you record. Keep in mind that with this option, the frame rate is limited to the performance of your graphics card, which is generally slowed by making movies.
recommend that you use a graphics card with at least 64 MB of video RAM or above. Increase Your Memory Cache By increasing your memory cache size, your movie recording experience will go faster (although it will have no impact on the final quality of your movie). To increase your memory cache, see Memory and Disk Cache Preferences. Increase the Detail Area of the 3D Viewer Increasing the area of detail for your 3D viewer helps to capture all the pixels in more detail.
It's a good idea to set up and review the tour points you want to visit in your movie. This involves two simple actions: ● ● In the Places panel, select either an entire folder to view all the placemarks within it, or select individual items in the folder to view only selected ones. See Touring Places for details. Click the Play button that appears below the Places panel to play the tour.
viewing experience, but at the cost of a large file size. For instance, if you want to record a 800 x 600 movie at 60 FPS, you will not achieve the best results. In this case, choose a lower setting in order to produce a smaller file. The lower the FPS setting, the more jerky the movie will be. You'll want to find the best compromise between frame transition and file size. Typically, a setting of 30 works fairly well for movies that you want to provide over the Internet. 5.
recording your movie, you can open the movie file in a media player that supports the movie format you selected and play back the movie to view the results. If you are satisfied with the results, you can post the file to a local server or use it in a presentation.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Managing Search Results ● Introduction Once you begin searching for places and listings and have learned how to save them, you can learn about: Finding Places and Directions ● ● Search Results Basics ● Clearing Search Results ● Printing Search Results ● Viewing Many Results Marking Places ● Using Layers ● Using Map Features ● Using Places ● ● About KML Sharing Places Information Search Results Basics This section covers the basic search
and 3D Models Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● ● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● Making Movies with Google Earth ● ● Keyboard Controls ● 3D Viewer Options You can print all results from your search by clicking on the Printable view link in the search results window. When you do this, the Google Maps web window appears at the bottom of the screen, and you can click on the Print button on that web page to print your search results.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Measuring Distances and Areas ● Introduction Google Earth offers a number of tools that you can use to measure distances and estimate sizes.
● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● Making Movies with Google Earth ● ● Keyboard Controls ● 3D Viewer Options of measure. 5. Click in the 3D viewer to set the beginning point for your shape and continue clicking until the line, path, or shape measures the desired region. (For circle, click in the center and drag out to define the circle.) A red dot indicates the beginning point of your shape, and a yellow line connects to it as you move the mouse.
Remove selected point Remove all shapes Reposition the viewer Line Path Polygon Circle If you want to remove a point from either a path or an area shape, select a point and press the Backspace key. You can clear all measuring shapes from the viewer by clicking on the Clear All button in the Ruler dialog box regardless of which tab is active. By default, navigation with the mouse is disabled when you use measuring mode, but you can enable it by checking Mouse Navigation.
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Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Drawing Paths and Polygons ● Introduction You can draw free-form paths and polygons in the 3D viewer and save them in your My Places folder just as you would a placemark. Paths and polygons share all the features of placemark data, including name, description, style view, and location. Once you create a path, you can select and play a tour of it. For more information on modifying paths and polygons once you create them, see Editing Places and Folders.
2. If you are creating a polygon, you can make the shape a 3D object. To do this: a. Click the Altitude tab. b. Slide the slider from Ground toward Space. This elevates the polygon. Elevate the shape to the appropriate height. c. Check Extend sides to ground. The polygon is now a 3D object. Learn more about placing other 3D objects. 3. Click OK to save your new path or polygon.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Using Image Overlays and 3D Models ● Introduction With Google Earth, you can place custom images and Google SketchUp 3D models over the view of the earth. Image overlays provide additional information about the underlying earth imagery.
Overlay ❍ Opening and Viewing Overlays ■ ■ ■ ❍ Opening Overlays Emailed to You Opening Overlays on a Web Server Posting Image Overlays to a Web Server Placing Google SketchUp 3D Models Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● ● Using Style Templates Using GPS Devices with Google Earth panel. To permanently delete an image overlay, right-click on it in the Places panel and choose Delete. Learn more about using places and folders.
Google Earth, email the view instead. For details on emailing overlays, see Emailing Places Data. When you email an overlay that references a local image, that image is automatically included with the overlay. You do not need to include the local image in your email attachment. This is an upgrade from Google Earth (Keyhole) version 2.2 and earlier. ● ● Save them to your computer. See Saving Places Data for details.
to the 3D view of the mountains. In this way, the combination of an overlay map and the 3D viewer imagery gives more information than either one by itself.
refresh rate to make sure you are viewing the latest image. This is useful for viewing imagery maps from the web where the image is automatically updated. In addition, you can set the imagery to update depending upon your view. For example, you might be viewing imagery from a server that only delivers imagery that can be seen in your current 3D view. In this case, the imagery update changes whenever you navigate the 3D viewer to a new position.
The image appears in the 3D viewer, with anchor points that you use to position it. 5. Specify the descriptive information for the overlay. Descriptions for overlays are identical to descriptions for all places data. See Writing Descriptions for details. 6. Click the Refresh tab and set the correct refresh properties for your overlay imagery. The refresh settings for overlays are identical to those described for network links.
1. Use the center cross-hair marker to slide the entire overlay on the globe and position it from the center. (Tip: do this first.) 2. Use the triangle marker to rotate the image for better placement. 3. Use any of the corner cross-hair markers to stretch or skew the selected corner. If you press the Shift key when selecting this marker, the image is scaled from the center. 4. Use any of the four side anchors to stretch the image in or out of from the selected side.
● Fit to Screen - Click this to resize the image to fit the current view. When you select the View tab, you can modify the view settings for the overlay just as you would any place data. See Setting the View for details. Opening and Viewing Overlays In addition to the overlays you create, you can also open and view overlays emailed to you by other Google Earth users, or you can view overlays posted to a web server.
2. Navigate to a location on your computer's hard drive using the Save dialog box, name the file, and save it. 3. Use a web browser to connect to bbs.keyhole.com. You must be a registered user of the Google Earth Community to post overlay files. If you are a first-time user of the Google Earth software, you must first register with the Google Earth community before you can log in and post placemark files.
available layers from the WMS you choose. 5. Choose the appropriate layer(s) and click Add -> to add the layer(s) to the Selected Layers field. This places this information in the WMS image overlay you will see in Google Earth. To remove a layer from the Selected Layers field, select it and click <-Remove. 6. To set the order of selected layers as they appear in the 3D viewer, select the appropriate layers in the Selected Layers field and click Move Up or Move Down. 7.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● Introduction If you have a GPS (Global Position System) device, you can connect it to your computer and import your waypoint and track data into Google Earth. Note that this set of features is available to users of Google Earth Plus, Google Earth Pro and Google Earth EC, but not the free version (see Google Earth Products).
Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● ❍ Supported Devices ❍ Required Connectors ❍ About GPS Points ❍ Importing GPS Data When your GPS data is imported into Google Earth, it is categorized into three possible folders, depending upon the type of point. These folders are: ● ● ● ❍ ❍ Viewing Realtime GPS Information Viewing a Timeline ■ Tracks - Tracks (or trackpoints) are the points automatically recorded by the GPS device periodically along the recorded route.
5. Select the correct manufacturer type for your device. 6. Under Import, Select the types of data you want to import. 7. Under Options, choose your drawing preferences. Check Draw icons at track and route points if you want an icon to be displayed in the 3D viewer for every track/route point recorded by your GPS device. Check Draw lines for tracks and routes to draw each GPS track and route as a solid line. 8.
Devices). If you expand that folder, you can see the data sorted into the appropriate folders depending upon the type of data, as illustrated in the example below. You can expand those folders and explore the information within as you would any other type of places data. This includes organizing, editing, sharing, saving, and more. Note - If you receive a connection error, turn off the GPS device, turn it on again, and start again from Step 4 above.
example, you can view GPS tracks that occurred within a specific time period and visually follow these tracks. To do this: 1. If necessary, import the GPS data or other time-related data. 2. In the Places panel, select this data. The time slider appears at the top of the 3D viewer with a time range that corresponds to the data you selected. 3. Do any of the following: ● ● ● To re-define the time range of data displayed in the 3D viewer, drag the range markers (see below) to the right or left.
1. In the time slider, click the clock icon (see above). The Time dialog box appears. Options include: ● ● ● ● Display Time In - Choose the appropriate type of displayed time. Clamp to beginning of window - Check this to keep the beginning of the displayed time range glued to the left side of the time slider. This helps you display a time sequence while leaving the earliest data visible throughout the animation.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Importing Your Data Into Google Earth ● Introduction Use the Data Import feature to import your custom geographic data into Google Earth and view it as you would any of the layers in the Layers panel.
Fields ❍ ❍ Modifying Vector Data Display well as in the listing beneath Temporary Places. If your data does not contain a Name field, the first available field that contains text is used as the label for data. The rest of this section covers the following topics: Importing Imagery ■ Opening GIS Imagery ■ Saving GIS Imagery ● ● Using third party vector data Using generic text files that contain tab- or comma-separated point data.
Using Addresses Your data file can use street-level addressing to position each point on the Earth's surface. Google Earth can ingest georeferenced and non-georeferenced information. At this time, Google Earth can only ingest such information for addresses located within the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Google Earth cannot place any address that contains a P.O. box.
With this feature, you can easily view all elements in the data list and view these elements in the 3D viewer. ● Single-click an item in the table to highlight that item in the listing under the Places tab. ● Double-click an item in the table to fly to it in the 3D viewer. ● Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) any table row to access the following pop-up menu, which you can use to sort or modify the field display.
cropping parameters selected when importing the overlay. (See below for more information on scaling or cropping an image.) ● Images that exceed the maximum texture dimensions must be either cropped or scaled. A dimension of 2048x2048 pixels is typically supported by high-end graphics cards, while on laptop computers, the maximum dimension can be 1024x1024 or even less. (Very good cards can support up to 4096x4096.
● Save the imagery overlay as a KMZ file - If you wish to remove the imported imagery from your My Places folder, you can right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on the item and select Save As... from the pop-up menu and save the GIS overlay as a KMZ file to your computer's hard drive or other accessible file location. After that, you can delete the overlay from your My Places list and open it later when you need it.
2. Mercator Projection This process always results in distortion to one or more map properties, such as area, scale, shape, or direction. Because of this, hundreds of projections have been developed in order to accurately represent a particular map element or to best suit a particular type of map. Data sources for maps come in various projections depending upon which characteristic the cartographer chooses to represent more accurately (at the expense of other characteristics).
Oblique Mercator (Hotine) Chamberlin Trimetric A cylindrical projection like the Mercator projections, but where the cylinder is shifted to align with a region that is oblique and follows neither a north-south nor an eastwest axis. The region to be mapped typically is a small portion along the length of the meridian and close to it laterally. For example, this projection was developed originally for mapping the Malaysian peninsula. Used by the National Geographic Society for mapping most continents.
Lambert Conformal Conic intended to preserve the distance between three reference points relative to any other point. A projection ideal for middle latitudes and/or where the territory to be mapped has an east-west orientation. This projection is often found in USGS maps created after 1957. Scale is most accurate at the expense of area. When building whole-earth databases, a single global projection is the most convenient to use. Google Earth uses Simple Cylindrical projection for its imagery base.
What Is a Datum? While a projection is used in mapping to define the earth on a flat surface, a datum is used to describe the actual shape of the earth in mathematical terms. This is because the earth's surface is not perfectly round, but ellipsoid in shape. A datum also defines the association of latitude and longitude coordinates to points on the surface of the earth, and defines the basis for elevation measurements.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents ● Introduction Finding Places and Directions Using Style Templates Note - This feature set is available to users of the Google Earth Pro product. Visit http://earth.google.com/products.html for more information. ● ● Marking Places ● Using Layers ● Using Map Features ● Using Places Often the data you import into Google Earth contains multiple features that are not automatically converted into a readily visible feature in the 3D viewer.
■ ■ ■ ❍ ❍ Using Style Settings to Modify Point Display Using Buckets for Field Data Choosing Field Types for Style Mapping Customizing the Value Ranges for Numeric Data A Style Template Example ■ Saving the Sample File ■ Importing the File ■ ■ ■ Creating Style Template Name and Color Settings Modifying the Style Template for Icon Settings Removing Duplicate Folders ■ Adding Height Values ■ Creating a Map Legend Using GPS Devices with Google Earth ● Making Movies with Google Earth 11.
❍ ❍ Color display order - You can click the Reverse order button to reverse the display order of the color range. So, if you have a range of colors starting with blue for the first element and ending with red for the last one, reversing the order will apply red to the first element and blue to the last. Color adjustments to single buckets - You can modify each color element individually by clicking on it and adjusting the color for that particular value or value range.
properly grouped in the Places listing. Note: You can only define a single subfolder option for either color or icon display. ❍ ❍ Icon adjustments to single buckets - You can modify each icon element individually by clicking on it and adjusting the icon for that particular value or value range. In addition, you can modify the settings for numeric buckets to adjust the spread of the data to your preference.
maximum height display for the entire set. It then maps all data within the set in a way that best corresponds to each individual field. In the example, the Square_footage field is used to map height values, with the minimum value of 2000 and a maximum value of 6234. Each of the 9 elements in the set is displayed at a slightly different height value that most accurately displays its relationship to the other points.
● Numeric field - If the field that you choose contains numeric data, the application automatically apportions the numeric data across the number of buckets that you select, and provides a count of items in each bucket. If you increase or decrease the number of buckets, the application automatically re-apportions the number of elements for each bucket.
Importing the File 1. Click File > Import. Navigate to the place on your computer's hard drive where you saved the file in the steps above. Select the MetroDetroitRE.csv file and click Open. Click Yes when asked if you want to apply a style template. 2. In the Style Template Options dialog box, verify that Create new template is selected and click OK. You are now ready to create and view the style template.
In this section, you modify the style template you've saved to apply icons that display the number of bedrooms for each listing. 1. Right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) on the top-most folder called MetroDetroitRE.csv and select Apply Style Template... from the pop-up menu. 2. In the Style Template Options dialog box, select Use existing template. 3. Select the MetroDetroitRE template from the list if it is not already, and check edit selected template. 4.
1. Enter the name of your screen legend between the tags. This name appears in the Places panel. You can drag this into the parent folder of your style template. 2. Enter the correct URL of the image that you use to create the legend. Here, the sample path is the formate you use to reference an image on your local computer.
Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents Keyboard Controls ● Introduction This section covers the various keyboard combinations that you can use to control navigation, window focus, and application behavior in Google Earth.
Making Movies with Google Earth ● ● Keyboard Controls ❍ Application Level Control ❍ 3D Viewer Navigation ❍ Tour Mode Controls ❍ Side Panel Controls ● View Menu Alt + V (English/Japanese) Alt + C (French) Alt + V (Italian) Alt + A (German) Alt + V (Spanish) (none) Add Menu Alt + A (English/Japanese) Alt + J (French) Alt + A (Italian) Alt + Z (German) Alt + D (Spanish) (none) Tool Menu Alt + T (English/Japanese) Alt + O (French) Alt + F (Italian) Alt + T (German) Alt + H (Spanish) (none) H
Open File Ctrl + O Save Image Ctrl + Alt + S View in Google Maps Ctrl + Alt + M Print Ctrl + P Email View Ctrl + Alt + E Copy Ctrl + C Produces the file open dialog box, allowing you to open all supported Google Earth file types. Saves the + Alt + S current view as an image to your computer. + Option + M Displays the current view in Google Maps. Produces +P the print dialog box, allowing you to print the current view. E-mails + Alt + E the current view either as a placemark or image file.
Cut Ctrl + X +X Paste Ctrl + V +V Cuts a placemark or other item from the listing in the Places panel. Cuts an icon from the 3D viewer. Both icon or listing item must first be selected. You can use this feature to organize your places data. Pastes a placemark or other item into the selected folder in the Places panel. You can use this feature to organize your places data.
Find Ctrl + F Delete Del Rename Ctrl + Alt + R +F Delete + Alt + R Opens a Find field in the Places panel. Use this to find places that exist in the Places panel. Note that this is different than search for places on the earth. Deletes an item selected in the Places panel. Enters edit mode for a selected item in the Places panel, so you can change the name without bringing up the Edit Placemark dialog box.
Zoom to Enter selected placemark/ item Full screen mode F11 Show/ Hide sidebar Lat/Lon grid Ctrl + Alt + B Ctrl + L Play Tour Ctrl + Alt + P New Ctrl + Shift + P placemark Enter Zooms into a selected folder, placemark, or other item in the Places panel. (not supported) Toggles between full screen and window view for the Google Earth application. (not supported) Displays or closes sidebar Produces +L a latitude and longitude grid over the surface of the earth in the 3D viewer.
New folder Ctrl + Shift + N + Shift + N New image overlay Ctrl + Shift + O + Shift + O New model Ctrl + Shift + M + Shift + M New path Ctrl + Shift + T + Shift + T New polygon + Shift + G Ctrl + Shift + G Change Ctrl + G navigation mode to G-Force +G Produces the New Folder dialog box. Produces the New Image Overlay dialog box. Produces the New Model dialog box Produces the New Path dialog box. Produces the New Polygon dialog box. Switches navigation in the 3D viewer to G-Force mode.
Change Ctrl + T navigation mode to Trackball +T Switches navigation in the 3D viewer to Trackball mode. This can also be done by selecting the Trackball option from Tools - Options Navigation. 3D Viewer Navigation The following keystrokes control navigation in the 3D viewer. For more information about navigating in the 3D viewer, see Using the Navigation Controls. Note - The focus must be in the 3D viewer in order for these controls to take effect. Simply click anywhere in the 3D viewer to change focus.
Rotate Clockwise Shift + Right arrow, Ctrl + scroll DOWN Shift + Right arrow Rotates the view clockwise. The earth spins counterclockwise. Rotate Counter- Shift + Left Shift+Left arrow Rotates the clockwise arrow, Ctrl + view counterscroll UP clockwise. Show/hide Ctrl + M Displays or +M Overview window closes overview window. Tilt Up Shift + Up arrow, Shift + Up arrow, Tilts the viewer PgUp key, Shift Shift + scroll toward "top+ scroll wheel wheel down" view.
Reset view to "north - up" n (not supported) Reset tilt to "top- u down" view u Reset tilt and r compass view to default r Rotates view so that view is north-up. Resets angle to view scene in "top-down" or "up" mode. Resets angle to view "top-down" and rotates to "north-up" view. Use this feature to orient the earth in the center of the viewer. Tip - Use the ALT key in combination with most of these keystrokes to move more slowly in the indicated direction.
Select Spacebar Next Down arrow Previous Up arrow Open Folder Right arrow Close Folder Left arrow Delete Delete Key Change overlay Scroll wheel opacity Spacebar Toggles the check mark of the highlighted item on or off, showing or hiding display of the item in the 3D viewer. Down arrow Selects the next item in the list (either folder or placemark). Up arrow Selects the previous item in the list (either folder or placemark).
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Google Earth User Guide ● Table of Contents 3D Viewer Options ● Introduction Some of the features described in this section are only available to users of the Google Earth EC product. Learn more. Finding Places and Directions ● ● Google Earth provides a number of 3D viewer settings that you can modify, as well as features you can activate for special 3D display.
❍ Using the Overview Map ■ ■ ❍ ❍ Overview Map Features Adjusting the Overview Window Size and Zoom Ratio Viewing Preferences Memory and Disk Cache Preferences The grid lines continue increasing in granularity even after you have zoomed past the base resolution of the earth imagery. Switching to Full Screen Mode Note - Currently, this feature is not supported for Mac versions of Google Earth. You can use the Google Earth application in either window or full-screen mode.
intended purpose. For example, if you have set your computer's display to an overhead projector, you can choose the best aspect ratio supported for that projector. For best video-quality output, choose the appropriate TV view setting. For playback, you can choose Computer or TV. For print, you can choose from 4 aspect ratios for different paper sizes (see Printing Images for more information). Settings for each mode include.
viewer. ● Control the motion in the 3D viewer itself While the Overview Map window responds to position adjustments in the 3D viewer, you can also interact directly with the Overview Map window itself. Double click on any area within the window and both the overview display and the 3D viewer adjusts position to the point in the Overview Map window that you click on.
Viewing Preferences You can set a number of preferences to affect 3D viewer imagery, as well as how icons, labels, and other elements are displayed. To access these settings, do the following: ● Windows/Linux: Click Tools > Options > 3D View. ● Mac: Click Google Earth > Preferences > 3D View. Keep in mind that some enhancements affect Google Earth performance; that is, the more enhancements, the more your computer's resources are required.
focus. This is calculated in pixels. To optimize performance for the majority of computers, Medium is set as the default area size (512 x 512 pixels). Large is recommended only for computers with a minimum of 32 MB of graphics card memory, as this is a memory-intensive feature. Note that this is automatically set to a higher detail level if you have a more powerful graphics card. You can improve performance of Google Earth by choosing a smaller setting, but at the cost of less high resolution focus. 1.
feature, the problem is likely due to your graphics card or graphics card driver. For more information, see How do I upgrade my graphics card driver? ● Show Lat/Long - As you move the mouse pointer in the 3D viewer, latitude and longitude coordinates are displayed in the lower left corner of the 3D viewer. By default, the display of these coordinates is in degrees, minutes, seconds (e.g., 37°25'18.94"N 122° 05'06.30" W). You can choose the Degrees option to display geo-coordinates in degrees decimal (e.g.
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