Click on the Google Earth menu button and select Map Style. Tip: If you are not seeing country and other place names on the globe, try changing your Map Style. Then click on the map, on England, to add the placemark. Now, click the Add placemark button in the creation toolbar at the bottom left-hand to activate the placemark tool. Navigate around the globe until you see England. First, we’ll try adding a placemark to the map: There are two ways to add a place: dropping a placemark on the map or using Search to find a place. Now it’s time to add your first place to the map. You’ll notice that your edits are automatically saved in Google Drive as you work. She started the Jane Goodall Institute, which works for chimpanzee conservation across Africa. Her work revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzees. Jane Goodall is one of the best-known naturalists and conservationists in the world. In this case, we’ve supplied some text below for you to copy and paste into these fields. In the Project Details panel, click the Edit button to the right of Untitled Project to edit the project’s title and description. If you’re not already logged into your Google account, you’ll be prompted to do so. If you’ve created Earth projects before, then you’ll see a list of your projects and can click the New project button to create a new project.
Download the zip file below for the JGI images and extract the contents to a folder on your desktop. You can use your own content or you can use the sample content provided by our friends at the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI). In order to complete this tutorial, you will need some text, photo and video content to add to your project. This tutorial will introduce you to the new creation tools, and walk you through the process of creating and sharing your own Earth project.
In presentation mode, viewers will fly from one place to the next following the narrative of your project, immersing them in the journey through Google Earth’s imagery and the custom content you provide. You can share your project and collaborate with others. You can create a project on any subject of your choosing, drawing placemarks, lines and shapes, adding rich contextual information to your places (text, links, images, videos, 3D views and Street View), and organizing your project into a narrative flow. But Google Earth remains the most powerful tool for users venturing on a virtual global tour.The new creation tools in Google Earth allow you to easily create and share maps and stories about our world as an Earth project. Google Earth is closely linked to Google Maps – and some may find it easier to just use this. It’s a case of form meets function, and both work together excellently. The interface may not win any design awards, but panning around and finding geographical information couldn’t be simpler.
Pros: A powerful, free package excellent usability useful features regularly updated My Places helps keep track of your travels.Ĭons: Some instability visual interface is a little bland.Ĭonclusion: Google Earth is intuitive and, best of all, free. The way things are heading, it’s only going to get better. While some areas of the globe still cause problems and there remain some stability issues, the overall experience has come a long way.
Thankfully, comprehensive bug fixes have improved all versions. Google Earth has been around for a few years and now boasts mobile, desktop and browser-based apps. Google Earth takes the search giant’s information ubiquity into the real world, mapping the globe with satellite imagery and Street View cameras, enabling you to search anywhere in the world and giving a great sense of scale from orbit down to neighbourhood level. In a world where people want instant answers, Google is number one, thanks to its suite of complementary products. Microsoft once asked ‘Where do you want to go today?’ Now, Google virtually takes you there. The whole world is now in your hands and on your desktop, with Google’s globetrotting app.