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Google Earth User Guide User Manual

Google earth user guide, Introduction, Getting to know google earth

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Google Earth User Guide


Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting to Know Google

Earth

Five Cool, Easy Things

You Can Do in Google
Earth

New Features in Version

4.0

Installing Google Earth

System Requirements

Changing Languages

Additional Support

Selecting a Server

Deactivating Google

Earth Plus, Pro or EC

Navigating in Google

Earth

Using a Mouse

Using the
Navigation Controls

Tilting and Viewing
Hilly Terrain

Resetting the
Default View

Setting the Start
Location

Finding Places and

Directions

Marking Places

Using Layers

Using Map Features

Using Places

About KML

Sharing Places

Information

Touring Places

Editing Places and

Folders

Introduction

This user guide describes Google Earth Version 4 and later.

Welcome to Google Earth! Once you

download

and

install

Google Earth, your

computer becomes a window to anywhere on the planet, allowing you to view high-
resolution aerial and satellite imagery, elevation terrain, road and street labels,
business listings, and more. See

Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google

Earth

.


Use the following topics to
learn Google Earth basics -
navigating the globe,
searching, printing, and
more:

Getting to know
Google Earth

New features in
Version 4.0

Navigating in Google
Earth

Finding places and
directions

Marking places on
the earth

Showing or hiding
points of interest

Tilting and viewing
hilly terrain

Sight seeing

For other topics in this documentation,
see the table of contents (left) or check
out these important topics:

Making movies with Google
Earth

Using layers

Using places

Managing search results

Measuring distances and areas

Drawing paths and polygons

Using image overlays

Using GPS devices with Google
Earth

Getting to Know Google Earth

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