Search 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

• Using Tours

• Editing Places and Folders

• Managing Search Results

  • Search Results Basics
  • Clearing Search Results
  • Printing Search Results
  • • Viewing Many Results

• Measuring Distances and Areas

• Viewing Sky

• Drawing Paths and Polygons

• Using Image Overlays and 3D Models

• Using Flight Simulator

• Importing Your Data Into Google Earth

• Using Style Templates

• Viewing Timelines

• Making Movies with Google Earth

• Keyboard Controls

• 3D Viewer Options

Managing Search Results

Once you begin searching for places and listings and have learned how to save them, you can learn about:

• Search Results Basics
• Clearing Search Results
• Printing Search Results
• Viewing Many Results

Search Results Basics

This section covers the basic search results features not covered in Finding Places and Directions.

• Matching search results are displayed in the 3D viewer with an icon to mark the search. The alphabetical icons next to each result corresponds to its matching item in the search list view for easy cross reference. By default, only the most recent search is turned on in the 3D viewer, but you can turn on the icon for any search result by selecting its check box in the search list view. You can turn on the display for entire search results by selecting that search folder's check box.
• You can also delete the entire contents of a search result by right-clicking (CTRL click on the Mac) on the folder and selecting Delete Contents from the pop-up menu.
• You can perform the same operations on search results and their folders that you would for any item in your Places panel, including organizing, touring, deleting, and editing.
• You can search for content created by Google Earth and Maps users. This KML-based content offers some of the most exciting material you can see in Google Earth. To search for user content, navigate to an appropriate location and search. User content appears at the bottom of your search results in a folder entitled Web Results and in the 3D viewer as blue markers (see below).
  
  

Clearing Search Results

To clear search results, click on the Clear button at the bottom of the search results listing. This removes all search results from both the listing and the 3D view except for those that have been saved to the My Places folder.

Printing Search Results

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.

Viewing Many Results

Oftentimes a search over a category in a metropolitan area returns many results all crowded in a small region. Sometimes, a label appears next to one icon, but not another, or a group of icons has no label, or one icon overlaps another one. Follow the guidelines for tuning the display on Points of Interest in order to resolve common issues with numerous search results.

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