Google Earth User Guide

• Getting to Know Google Earth
• Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google Earth
• New Features in Version 5
• Installing Google Earth
• System Requirements
• Changing Languages
• Additional Support
• Selecting a Server
• Deactivating Google Earth Pro or EC
• Adding Content
• Navigating in Google Earth
  • Using a Mouse
  • Using the Navigation Controls
  • Tilting and Viewing Hilly Terrain
  • Navigating the Ocean
  • Resetting the Default View
  • Setting the Start Location
• Displaying the Sun
• About Imagery Dates

• Finding Addresses and Locations
  • About Search Terms
• Searching for Business Listings
  • Search Methods
• Getting and Printing Directions
  • Getting Directions
  • Printing Directions
• Touring and Saving Directions
  • Touring the Route
  • Saving Directions
• Showing and Hiding Points of Interest
• Sightseeing
• Viewing a Location in Google Maps
• Searching for Community Maps

• Creating a New Placemark
• Saving a Point of Interest
• Sharing a Placemark
• Saving Search Results
• Saving Images
• Printing

• Layers Versus Places
• Using Points of Interest (POIs)
  • Locating POIs in Your Viewing Area
  • Saving or Copying POIs to My Places
  • Viewing Layer Sub-Categories
  • Tuning Display of POIs

• Navigating Photos
• Adding Photos
• Roads
• Using Street View
• Terrain
• Borders
• Viewing 3D Buildings
• Interacting with 3D Buildings
• Viewing Google SketchUp 3D Models

• Organizing Places Data
  • Creating Folders
  • Reordering Placemarks or Folders
  • Renaming a Placemark or Folder
  • Removing a Placemark or Folder
• Saving Places Data
• Opening Saved Placemarks
• Deleting Places Data
• Showing and Hiding Places Data

• KML Specification and Tutorial
• Setting KML Error Options

• • Emailing an Image
  • Emailing Places Data
  • Troubleshooting Email Issues
• Sharing Data Over a Network
  • Saving Data to a Server
  • Opening Data from a Network Server
  • About Network Links
  • Creating a Network Link

• Playing Tours
• Recording Tours
• Setting Tour Options

• Repositioning Placemarks
  • Dragging the Placemark
  • Locking a Placemark to the Center of the View
  • Entering Advanced Coordinates
  • Setting the View
  • Applying a New View
  • Returning to the Default, Top-Down View
• Writing Descriptions
• Changing Labels
• Setting Icons for Places and Folders
  • Using Custom Icons
  • Setting Line Color and Width
  Setting Altitude
  • Altitude Settings
  • Drawing Lines with Skirting
• Modifying Folder Settings
  • Modifying Settings for a Single Item

Managing Search Results

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

• Measuring Tool Features and Options
• Available Units of Measure

• Viewing Sky Objects
• Sky is Different
  • About Position
• Searching Sky
• Displaying a Grid
• Viewing Mars

• About Overlays
• Overlay Requirements
• Overlay Features
  • Terrain Integration
  • Creating an Image Overlay
• Opening and Viewing Overlays
  • Opening Overlays Emailed to You
  • Opening Overlays on a Web Server
  • Posting Image Overlays to a Web Server
• Placing WMS Image Overlays
• Placing Google SketchUp 3D Models

• Entering Flight Simulator
  • Viewing Flight Simulator Help
  • Exiting Flight Simulator
• Flying Your Aircraft
  • Landing Your Aircraft
• Flight Simulator Keyboard Controls

• Importing Vector Data
  • Using Third Party Vector Data
• Using Generic Text Files
  • Required Location Fields
• Using Addresses
• Using Geographic Coordinates
  • Optional and Descriptive Fields
• Viewing Vector Data Fields
• Modifying Vector Data Display
• Importing Imagery
  • Opening GIS Imagery
  • Saving GIS Imagery
• A Note About Projections and Datums
• What is a Map Projection?
• What Is a Datum?

• Applying a Style Template
  • Mapping Color Styles
  • Using a Single Color
  • Using Random Colors
  • Setting Colors Based on Field Values
  • Mapping Icons to Point Data
  • Setting Icons Based on Fields
  • Mapping Height Values
  • Height Values for Text Fields
  • Height Values for Numeric Fields
  • 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

• • Setting Timeline Options
• Viewing Historical Imagery
• Viewing Timelines
• • Supported Devices
  • Required Connectors
  • About GPS Points
  • Importing GPS Data
  • Viewing Realtime GPS Information

• Movie Quality Levels
• Tips for Recording Movies
  • Update Your Movie Player
  • Update Your Graphics Card Driver
  • Increase Your Memory Cache
  • Increase the Detail Area of the 3D Viewer
  • Adjust the Touring Speed
  • Adjust the Elevation Exaggeration
  • Showing or Hiding Items in the 3D Viewer.
  • Preview Your Tour Setup Before Recording
  • Set Up Your System for Maximum Efficiency
• Steps for Recording Movies
  • When You Are Finished

• Application Level Control
• 3D Viewer Navigation
• Tour Controls
• Side Panel Controls

• About Altitude
• Displaying a Lat/Lon Grid
  • Switching to Full Screen Mode
  • Setting the View Size
• Using the Overview Window
  • Overview Map Features
  • Adjusting the Overview Window Size and Zoom Ratio
• Viewing Preferences
• Memory and Disk Cache Preferences