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Setting timeline, Options, Setting timeline options – Google Earth User Guide User Manual

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example, you can view GPS tracks that occurred within a specific time
period and visually follow these tracks. To do this:

1. If necessary,

import the GPS data

or other time-related data.

2. In the Places panel, select this data. The time slider appears at the

top of the 3D viewer with a time range that corresponds to the data
you selected.

3. Do any of the following:

To re-define the time range of data displayed in the 3D viewer, drag
the range markers (

see below

) to the right or left.

To move the time range earlier or later, either drag the center tab of
the range in the time slider or click the small white arrows near the
ends of the time slider (

see below

).

To play an animation of the sequence, click the Play button (

see

below

). Note that this is only useful if only a portion of the data is

defined in the time range.

Features of the Time slider include:

1. Click these arrows to move the time range earlier or later.

2. Drag these range markers to the right or left to re-define the time

range of data displayed.

3. Click this to play an animation of the sequence. This works best if

you move the range markers to define a time range smaller than the
whole set.

4. Click this to set

options for the time slider

.

5. Drag this to move the time range earlier or later.

Note: The time slider is not available when you

record movies

.

Setting Timeline Options

You can set options for the

timeline display feature

. To do this: