Google Earth User Guide - Manual (Page 52)

Google Earth User Guide
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Finding Places and
Directions
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Marking Places
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Using Layers
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Using Map Features
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Using Places
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About KML
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Sharing Places
Information
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Touring Places
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Setting Which Items Are
Toured
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Setting Touring Behavior
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Editing Places and
Folders
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Managing Search
Results
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Measuring Distances
and Areas
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Drawing Paths and
Polygons
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Using Image Overlays
and 3D Models
Touring Places
In addition to touring directions, you can tour items in your Places listing by
selecting the check box next to items you want to tour and clicking on the
Play Tour button at the bottom of the Places panel. The tour begins playing
in the 3D viewer, which flies to each location and stops for a period of time
before flying to the next place in the list. To stop the tour, click the Stop Tour
button beneath the Places listing. To pause or resume the tour, click the
Play Tour button.
1. Play Tour button
2. Stop Tour button
Note - If you click or grab terrain in the 3D viewer during a tour, the tour
pauses. Click the Play button to resume the tour.
You can control which items are visited in your tour, as well as the touring
behavior itself, as described in the following topics:
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Setting Which Items Are Toured
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Setting Touring Behavior
Setting Which Items Are Toured
Action Required Result
Tour all
checked items Place a checkmark next
to all placemarks,
overlays, and paths that
you want to tour.
Click the Play Tour
button (bottom of the
Places panel). All items that have a
checkmark next to
them are visited in
the tour, beginning
with the first one in
the list.