Check out mountains, hills, landmarks, and underwater scenery with the 3D viewer. You can zoom in and out, and tilt or rotate the view to look around.
Change your point of view
Use a mouse to change your perspective and explore different terrains.
- To look in any direction: Left-click and hold. Then, drag the cursor until you find the view you want.
- To return to the default view: Click the map and press r.
Zoom in & out
Tilt to view hills & mountains
Explore the ocean
Point the view North
Use the navigation controls
The navigation controls are in the upper right corner of the map and fade when you aren’t using them.
- To show navigation controls, mouse over the right corner of the map.
- If you don’t find the navigation controls, in the top menu, click View
Show Navigation
Show or hide the compass: In the top menu, click View 
Move around the globe
- Open Google Earth.
- Point to a directional arrow on the compass.
- Left-click and hold. Then, release the button when you’ve reached the part of the world you want to discover.
Set a default start location
You can change where you start each time you launch Google Earth.
- Open Google Earth.
- Go to the location you want to set as your start location.
- Rotate, tilt, and zoom in until you have the view you want.
- In the top menu, click View