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Searching for Locations and Businesses

This tutorial describes how you can search for locations and businesses within Google Earth. You will learn to find these places in Italy and view them in Google Earth. Additionally, you can watch this video:

Note - Not all language versions of Google Earth support all the features described in this tutorial. Learn more here.

Locating an Address in Rome

Let's try locating an address in Italy. Specifically, we will find the United States Embassy in Rome using its address. To do this:

  1. In the Search panel (see diagram below), enter the following address:

    Via Vittorio Veneto, 119, 00187 Roma, Italy
  1. Click the Search button Search button. Google Earth displays search results in the Search panel and the 3D viewer flies to this address in Rome.
  2. You can clear the search results and start over by clicking the Clear button Clear buttonbelow the search results.

    Search for US Embassy in Rome
    1. Enter the address here.
    2. The search results appear here.
    3. The 3D viewer flies to the location.

Note - To learn more about finding addresses and locations, see the Google Earth User Guide.

Search for a Business in Rome

Now we will look for a restaurant near the United States Embassy in Rome that you located previously (see above). To do this:

  1. If you have not done so, locate the United States Embassy in Rome as described in the previous exercise.
  2. Click the Find Businesses tab (see diagram below).
  3. In the What field, enter the following text:

    restaurant
  1. In the Where field, be sure the selection is "Current view". This ensures that the search results are locations that are close to the United States Embassy (the current view).
  2. Click the Search button Search button. Google Earth displays a list of matching business listings and the 3D viewer pans out to include a view of all these locations.
  3. In the Search results in the Places panel, double click the first entry. Google Earth zooms to this business location.

    Search businesses
    1. Enter the search text here.
    2. The search results appear here.
    3. The 3D viewer flies to the location you double click.

Note - To learn more about searching for businesses, see the Google Earth User Guide.

 

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