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Introduction

This user guide describes Google Earth Version 4.2 and later.

Welcome to Google Globe! In one case you download and install Google Earth, your computer becomes a window to anywhere, assuasive you lot to view high-resolution aeriform and satellite imagery, photos, elevation terrain, route and street labels, concern listings, and more. See Five Cool, Piece of cake Things You Can Do in Google Earth.

Y'all can view a printable version of this user guide (costless Adobe Reader required, English only).

Getting to Know Google World

The following diagram describes some of the features available in the chief window of Google Earth:

1. Search panel - Employ this to find places and directions and manage search results. Google Earth EC may display additonal tabs here.
2. Overview map - Use this for an additional perspective of the Globe.
3. Hibernate/Evidence sidebar - Click this to conceal or the display the side bar (Search, Places and Layers panels).
4. Placemark - Click this to add a placemark for a location.
5. Polygon - Click this to add a polygon.
6. Path - Click this to add together a path (line or lines).
7. Prototype Overlay - Click this to add an image overlay on the Earth.
8. Measure - Click this to measure a distance or area size.
9. Email - Click this to email a view or image.
10. Print - Click this to print the current view of the Globe.
11. Testify in Google Maps - Click this to show the current view in Google Maps in your spider web browser.
12. Sky - Click this to view stars, constellations, galaxies, planets and the Earth's moon.
13. Navigation controls - Use these to tilt, zoom and move around your viewpoint (see below).
14. Layers panel - Use this to display points of interest.
15. Places console - Use this to locate, save, organize and revisit placemarks.
16. 3D Viewer - View the globe and its terrain in this window.
16. Status bar - View coordinate, elevation and imagery streaming condition here.

Five Absurd, Easy Things Y'all 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 whatever place on Earth - Click Fly To. Enter the location in the input box and click the Search button. In the search results (Places console), double click the location. Google Globe flies you to this location.
   Search button
2. Go on a bout of the globe - In the Places console, check the Sightseeing folder and click the Play Tour push:
   
3. Get driving directions from ane identify to another and fly (follow) the route - See Getting Directions and Touring the Route.
4. View other cool locations and features created by other Google Earth users - In the Layers console, check Community Showcase. Interesting placemarks and other features appear in the 3D viewer. Double click these points of interest to view and explore. Come across Using Points of Interest (POIs) for more information.
5. View 3D terrain of a place - This is more fun with hilly or mountainous terrain, such every bit the Grand Canyon. Go to a location (run across number 1 to a higher place). When the view shows the location, utilize the tilt slider to tilt the terrain. Meet Using the Navigational Controls and Tilting and Viewing Hilly Terrain for more than information.
   Tilt slider

View samples of other things you can see and practise in Google Earth.

This version of Google Earth has a number of exciting new features, including:

• Sky - View heavenly objects, including stars, constellations, galaxies, planets and the World's moon
• Many photos are now 3D objects that yous can fly into and browse - larn more than
• Support for KML 2.two
• Support for new language versions
• Videos in placemark balloons (Windows but)

Installing Google Globe

For information about installing Google Earth, visit the Google Earth Assistance Center.

System Requirements

To use Google World on a Windows PC, you must have at least the following:

• Operating Arrangement: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
• CPU: 500Mhz, Pentium 3
• System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM
• Hard disk drive: 400MB free space
• Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Bill of fare: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1024x768, "16-flake High Color" screen

To apply Google Earth on a Mac, you must accept at least the following:

• Operating System: Mac Os 10 10.4 or subsequently
• CPU: G3 500Mhz
• Arrangement Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM
• Hd: 400MB free infinite
• Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1024x768, "Thousands of Colors"

To use Google Earth on a Linux computer, you must take at least the post-obit:

• Kernel 2.4 or later
• glibc ii.iii.ii w/ NPTL or later
• XFree86-four.0 or x.org R6.seven or later
• CPU: 500Mhz, Pentium iii
• System Retentivity (RAM): 128MB RAM
• Difficult Deejay: 400MB free space
• Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
• Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
• Screen: 1024x768, "16-scrap High Color" screen

Note that Google World may work on other configurations non explicitly listed here. The recommended configuration for Linux computers:

• Kernel 2.6 or afterward
• glibc two.iii.5 west/ NPTL or afterwards
• ten.org R6.7 or subsequently

Google Earth has been tested on the post-obit GNU/Linux distributions, but certainly works on others:

• Ubuntu v.10
• Suse 10.ane
• Fedora Cadre five
• Linspire 5.ane
• Gentoo 2006.0
• Debian 3.1
• Reddish Hat 9

Please make sure your organisation has properly-configured OpenGL drivers. If Google Globe appears to exist slow and unresponsive, it is likely that your organization needs unlike video drivers.

You lot can change the linguistic communication displayed in Google Earth. To practise this:

1. Click Tools > Options (Mac: Google Earth > Preferences). Click the General tab.
2. Nether Language settings, choose the appropriate language of your choice.Organisation Default corresponds to the language used by the operating arrangement of your computer.

Google World Version 4.1 supports the following languages:

• Arabic
• Czech
• Dutch
• English language
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish

In addition to this user guide, Google offers a number of resources that tin can aid y'all use and savor Google Earth. These include:

• Tutorials: These provide hands-on lessons using the Google Earth.
• Google World Help Middle: Utilize the Help Eye at any time to find additional information.
• Troubleshooting: View information that specifically pertains to troubleshooting issues with Google Earth.
• Google World Customs: Learn from other Google World users by request questions and sharing answers on the Google Earth Community forums.
• Using Google Globe: This weblog describes how y'all tin can use some of the interesting features of Google Globe.

Annotation: This section is relevant to Google Earth Pro and EC users.

When you first kickoff Google Earth EC, the Select Server dialog box appears. This enables you to choose the appropriate server settings. Settings in this dialog box include:

• Server: Choose or enter the address for the advisable server. For more information, contact your administrator.
• Port: The advisable port for this server. For more than information, contact your administrator.
• Always login to this server: Check this to automatically login in this server when you beginning Google Earth. After, this dialog box does non announced. To arrive appear again when you commencement Google Earth, click File > Disable car-login.
• Enable secure login: Check this if your work environment requires a secure login to this server. For more than information, contact your administrator.

To add a database (server) that you can log into in Google World EC, click File > Add together Database. To log out of a server in Google Earth Pro or EC, choose File > Server Log Out. To log in to a server, cull File > Server Login and choose the settings described above.

Tip - When y'all add another database (click File > Add together Database), Google Earth logs into new database and maintains a connection to the existing database. Using this method, you can view data from up to eight databases simultaneously.

If y'all take Google Globe Plus, Pro or EC installed, you can conciliate this software. When you conciliate Google Globe Plus, the free version of the product replaces Google Earth Plus. When you lot deactivate Google Earth Pro or EC, the the license is removed so you tin use the Pro or EC license on some other reckoner.

To deactivate Google Earth Plus, Pro or EC, click Assist > Deactivate Google Earth Plus/Pro/EC license.

Tip: When the Google Earth Pro/EC login and countersign appear, write these down so you can use them later to activate the software on this or another computer.

Tip: Follow a tutorial on this bailiwick: Navigating on the Earth

In Google Globe, you see the World and its terrain in the 3D viewer. You can navigate through this 3D view of the world in several ways:

• Using a mouse
• Using the navigation controls

You can too manipulate your view of the earth past tilting the terrain for perspectives other than a tiptop-downward view. Finally, you tin reset the default view for a north-upwardly, summit-down view wherever you are.

To go started navigating with your mouse, simply position the cursor in the middle of the 3D viewer (prototype of the earth), click one of the buttons (right or left), move the mouse and annotation what happens in the viewer. Depending upon which mouse push button you lot printing, the cursor changes shape to indicate a alter in beliefs. By moving the mouse while pressing 1 of the buttons, you can:

• Drag the view in any direction
• Zoom in or out
• Tilt the view (requires middle button or curlicue bike)
• Rotate the view (requires middle button or ringlet wheel)

The following tabular array describes all the actions yous tin accomplish using the mouse:

Move the view in whatsoever direction (north, south, east, or westward)	To move the view, position the mouse cursor on the viewer and press the LEFT/master mouse push. Find that the cursor icon changes from an open hand to a closed hand . Pull the viewer as if the mitt cursor is similar a paw on an actual world, and you want to drag a new office of the earth into view. Y'all can drag in any direction to reveal new parts of the globe, and you can even drag in round motions.
Drift continuously across the Earth	If you want to migrate continuously in any management, hold the left/main mouse button downward. Then, briefly motion the mouse and release the button, every bit if y'all are "throwing" the scene. Click once in the 3D viewer to end motility.
Zoom in	In that location are a number of ways to zoom in with the mouse. Y'all can double-click anywhere in the 3D viewer to zoom in to that point. Single-click to terminate, or double-click to zoom in more than. If your mouse has a curlicue wheel, use it to zoom in past scrolling towards y'all. Utilize the ALT (alt/option on the Mac) key in combination with the scroll wheel to zoom in by smaller increments. More settings. Yous tin as well position the cursor on the screen and press the Correct mouse button (CTRL click on the Mac). One time the cursor changes to a double arrow, motility the mouse backward or pull toward you, releasing the button when you achieve the desired tiptop. If you want to zoom continuously in, concord the push button down and briefly pull the mouse down and release the button, every bit if yous are "throwing" the scene. Click once in the viewer to stop the motion. On some Macintosh laptops, you can drag two fingers across the trackpad to zoom in and out.
Zoom out	There are a number of ways to zoom out with the mouse. Using the RIGHT mouse button (CTRL click on the Mac), double-click anywhere in the 3D viewer to zoom out from that signal. The viewer will zoom out by a certain amount. Single-click to stop, or right double-click (CTRL click on the Mac) to zoom out more than. If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can use the scroll cycle to zoom out past scrolling away from you (forward motion). Utilize the ALT (alt/choice on the Mac) key in combination with the coil bike to zoom out by smaller increments. More settings. You lot tin can also position the mouse cursor on the screen and press the Right mouse button (CTRL click on the Mac). Once the cursor changes to a double arrow, move the mouse forward or push away from you, releasing the button when you attain the desired pinnacle. If you desire to zoom continuously out, hold the right button (CTRL click on the Mac) down and briefly push button the mouse forward and release the push button, equally if you are "throwing" the scene. Click once in the viewer to stop motion.
Tilt the view	If your mouse has a either middle push or a depressible roll bike, you tin can tilt the view by depressing the button and moving the mouse forward or backward. If your mouse has a gyre wheel, yous tin can tilt the view by pressing the SHIFT key and scrolling DOWN to tilt the earth to "top down" view, or scrolling Upwards to tilt the earth for horizon view. Run into Tilting and Viewing Hilly Terrain for more data.
Rotate the view	If your mouse has either a centre button or a depressible scroll wheel, you rotate the view to the left past clicking on the centre push button and moving the mouse to the left. To rotate the view correct, click on the middle button and move the mouse to the right. You tin can also use the CTRL ( on the Mac) key in combination with the scroll bike to rotate the view. Press CTRL ( on the Mac) and coil UP to rotate clockwise, CTRL ( on the Mac) + scroll DOWN to rotate counter-clockwise. See Tilting and Viewing Hilly Terrain for more information.
Mouse Wheel	See to a higher place. To change these settings, click Tools > Options > Navigation > Navigation Manner > Mouse Wheel Settings (on the Mac: Google Earth > Preferences > Navigation > Navigation Mode > Mouse Wheel Settings). Motion the slider to gear up how fast or slow your viewpoint of the earth zooms in or out. Check Invert Mouse Wheel Zoom Direction to reverse the direction of zooming when you lot use the mouse wheel.
Pan and Zoom navigation	This mode is on by default when you lot commencement Google World. You can return to this fashion from other modes past doing one of the following: Type Ctrl ( on the Mac) +T. When this way is activated, the cursor changes to a hand symbol. (Windows and Linux) Tools > Options > Navigation > Navigation Mode > Pan and Zoom . (Mac) Google Earth > Preferences > Navigation > Navigation Way > Pan and Zoom. If you use a joystick or other non-mouse controller, you lot can likewise change how perspective moves in the 3D viewer under Non-mouse controller settings. Note that these options are not available (greyed out) until you connect a non-mouse controller to your figurer and check Enable Controller. Cull User-Based to move your particular vantage point or Earth Based to motility the globe. Check Reverse Controls to reverse the actions of the joystick.
GForce navigation (advanced)	To alter to this navigation mode, do ane of the following: Blazon Ctrl ( on the Mac) + M to change when window focus is in the 3D viewer (Windows and Linux) Tools > Options > Navigation > Navigation Mode > Flight Control. (Mac) Google Earth > Preferences > Navigation > Navigation Mode > Flying Control. This mode is in effect when the navigation cursor changes to an plane. In improver, the effects of G-Forcefulness mode are most noticeable the closer you are to the terrain, and become less exaggerated the higher your eye tiptop. The behavior of this navigation style simulates that of a joystick, where the direction your mouse moves indicates specific joystick moves. If you are familiar with using a joystick, you'll be able to utilise this way easily. To pan left or right, or to tilt the horizon left or right, left-click and motility the mouse correct/left of heart. To tilt to top-down view, left-click and motion the mouse forwards (abroad from you). To tilt to horizon view, left click and move the mouse dorsum (toward you). To advance, right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) and move the mouse forward. To decelerate, right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) and motion the mouse backward. The response in the 3D viewer to your mouse movements is related to the vigorousness of your mouse movements, so y'all can examination this way out slowly using movements. To return to standard trackball navigation mode, type Ctrl ( on the Mac) + T. To end motion in the viewer at any time, press the spacebar.
Click-and-Zoom navigation	To change to this navigation way, choose: (Windows and Linux) Tools > Options > Navigation > Navigation Way > Click-and-Zoom (Mac) Google Globe > Preferences > Navigation > Navigation Fashion > Click-and-Zoom When the 3D viewer enters this navigation mode, the cursor changes to a cross-hair marker. Here, navigation with the mouse is express: left-click to zoom in a set distance, and correct-click (CTRL click on the Mac) to zoom out a set distance. Apply the navigation controls to pan and rotate. Return to the standard trackball manner by typing Ctrl ( on the Mac) +T.

To view and use the navigation controls, move the cursor over right corner of the 3D viewer. Afterwards you lot start Google World and move the cursor over this area, the navigation controls fade from sight when yous move the cursor elsewhere. To view these controls again, simply movement the cursor over the right corner of the 3D viewer.

Note - If the navigation controls do non appear when you move the cursor over the correct corner of the 3D viewer, click View > Bear witness Navigation > Automatically and try again.

To hide or show the compass icon in the 3D viewer, click View > Compass. See as well Showing or Hiding Items in the 3D Viewer.

The Google Earth navigation controls offer the same blazon of navigation action that you can accomplish with mouse navigation. In addition, you tin use the controls to tilt the view (perhaps for a perspective on terrain) or to rotate the viewer effectually the center. The following diagram shows the controls and explains their functions.

1. Use the tilt slider to tilt the terrain toward a horizon view. Move the slider to the left for a top-down view or to the right for a horizon view. Double click the icons at the stop of the slider to reset the tilt all the manner to a peak-downwards view or to a horizon view.
2. Apply the joystick to motility the heart betoken of the view downward, up, right or left. Click the center, concord the mouse button, and move in any direction.
3. Click the direction arrows to move the view in the direction y'all wish.
4. Click the north up button to reset the view so that north is at the elevation of the screen.
5. Utilize the zoom slider to zoom in or out (+ to zoom in, - to zoom out). Double click the icons at the cease of the slider to reset the zoom all the in or out.
6. Click and elevate the navigation ring to rotate the view.

Yous can also use the keyboard to control navigation, see 3D Viewer Navigation in Keyboard Controls for more than data.

When you first start Google Globe, the default view of the earth is a "top-down" view, which looks similar the view straight downwards out of an airplane window when you are sufficiently zoomed in.

• Tilt the terrain from 0 - xc degrees - You tin use the mouse or the navigation controls to tilt the view in social club to encounter a different perspective of the area y'all're exploring. You can tilt to a maximum of xc degrees, which provides a view of the object as well as the horizon, in some cases.
• Turn on terrain - Using the tilt feature is particularly interesting when you are looking at a part of the globe where the terrain is hilly, so be sure to as well take the terrain check box selected in the Layers panel when tilting the view.
• Rotate the view for a new perspective - Once y'all take tilted the view so that you are looking at a detail object, such equally a hill, y'all can also rotate around that object. When y'all do this, the object remains in the heart of the view, but you await at it from different perspectives (i.e., north, s, due east, west) equally you rotate around it.
• Use the middle mouse push (if available) for seamless move - If your mouse has a middle push button or a depressible scroll bicycle, you can depress the button to both tilt and rotate the view. Movements upwards or down tilt the view, and movements left or right rotate the view. Come across Using a Mouse for more information.

The following figures show a comparison view of Mountain Shasta in California with and without tilt enabled.

Yous can arrange the appearance of the terrain if you would like the elevation to appear more pronounced. To do this, click Tools > Options > 3D View from the Tools menu (for the Mac, cull Google Earth > Preferences > 3D View) and change the Elevation Exaggeration figure. You can set it to any value from 1 to 3, including decimal points. A common setting is 1.v, which achieves an obvious still natural elevation appearance. See Viewing Preferences for more data.

After tilting and rotating the 3D view in Google Earth, you can always quickly reset to the default north-upward and acme-down view by clicking on the appropriate buttons in the navigation controls.

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Note: To quickly return to a known, familiar spot if you lot get lost, click on the Starting location placemark in the My Places folder. This returns you to the centre of your country (or a state that speaks your language). Y'all can also edit the location for the Starting location placemark if yous want to. Meet Editing Places and Folders for more information.

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Consider likewise 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 gear up the starting (default) location that appears each fourth dimension yous launch Google Earth. To do this, navigate to the advisable location and perspective and click View > Brand this my starting location.

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