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Google Earth User Guide


Table of Contents

Introduction

Finding Places and

Directions

Marking Places

Using Layers

Using Map Features

Roads

Terrain

Borders

Viewing 3D Buildings

Viewing Google

SketchUp 3D Models

Using Places

About KML

Sharing Places

Information

Touring Places

Editing Places and

Folders

Managing Search

Results

Measuring Distances

and Areas

Drawing Paths and

Polygons

Using Map Features

This section covers how to set and use the map controls, which include
roads, terrain, borders. buildings, and models. Topics include:

Roads

Terrain

Borders

Viewing 3D Buildings

Viewing Google SketchUp 3D Models

Roads

The road layer displays road map information for the viewing area, including
major highways, county roads, and streets. This option is available in the
Layers folder. In the Layers folder, you can expand the Roads folder and
control the display for U.S., Canadian, and many international roads.

While road information for a given view is always available, it only displays in
the viewer when a logical distance is reached. For example, if you are
looking at a very large region, such as the southern area of a state, you see
only major highways. When you zoom in to a more confined region, you see
labels for those highways, as well as smaller highways and roads. The figure
below shows only the major highways for the states in view.

Tip: If you cannot see the label for a highway or a road, zoom in or
reposition the viewer until the label appears. Typically, you need to zoom