Search methods, Getting and printing directions – Google Earth User Guide User Manual
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Searching for Listings
You can search for directory listings using the Find Businesses tab in Google Earth. To
do this, enter your search term in the What input box and click on the Search button.
The top 10 matching results are displayed in the current view. To target your search
over a specific city, enter the name and state of the city in the Where input box. This
returns the first 10 results from the center of that city outwards, searching web page
information in that region.
Search Methods
You can use a number of search methods, including:
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Exact names (for example "Cost Plus World Market") - If you know the exact
name of the listing you want, try entering that name within quotation marks to
limit the number of results to those that match the entire string. This is the most
specific type of entry, so if you receive unexpected results, you might be
matching a web page entry for that exact term. Try removing the quotation
marks for broader results or using one of the other methods described here.
Partial name (i.e., Disneyland) - If you know part of the name (one word or
more) in the listing you are searching for, you can use that. This type of search
typically returns a greater number of matches than an exact name search. For
example, if you search for Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, you will see results for
Disneyland Hotel and other similar listings. If you have more than one word in
your partial search, enter them with quotations to return only results that contain
both of those terms in the order you have entered them (i.e., "Greenwood
Publishing")
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Keyword (i.e., colleges, salon) - A keyword search returns business listings
whose type matches the keyword search, even if the keyword itself is not in the
title of the business. For example, the keyword salon can return results for
Supercuts or Hair By Jodi and other businesses that are classified as a salon.
When you use the Find Businesses feature, you are using Google Maps search to
search a combination of Yellow Page listings along with web page information for that
region. For example, you might search Shell Oil and see a result for an investment
company with holdings in Shell Oil Co. and whose web site also references the term
Shell Oil.
Your search terms for both What and Where are saved in the entry history (indicated by
the small black triangle on the right of the search input). When you log out of Google
Earth, the last 10 search entries are saved for the next session. This location search
history is independent of the location search history for the Fly To search panel.
A Find Businesses search starts in a radius either from the center of the current view,
or from the center of the location indicated in the Where input box. So, if you want to
search for a movie theater close to a restaurant where you are having dinner, try
entering the address of the restaurant in the Where input box when searching the term
movie theater.
Finding Addresses and Locations
for example location searches and
for details on results.
Getting and Printing Directions