Category: Google earth

This suggests that it is perfectly acceptable and legal to use Google Earth images in both modified and unmodified forms in, say, essays or reports written as part of your studies, academic theses, conference presentations, lectures, seminar presentations, academic journals and books. No, you may not. Google does not own the imagery they display in […]

Google Earth has added underwater exploration, allowing users to see what it’s like to swim with sharks. … Shark View can be viewed on Google Earth’s Voyager section through the Google Chrome web browser or Android app. Is there a Google Earth for the ocean? Both the web browser version of Google Earth and Google […]

If you are using the Chrome web browser version of Google Earth and getting a black screen between about 3200km to 120 km zoom, please try this fix discovered by user Jeyhanjey: Type chrome://flags on the Google Chrome address bar. In the search flags box type: Choose ANGLE. This will display the Choose ANGLE graphics […]

Google maps update their maps every 1 to 3 years. If you’re browsing Google Maps in Satellite View, you may notice that location details are not always up-to-date. Google Maps uses the same satellite data as Google Earth. You could be wondering “How often is Google Earth map data updated?” However, this doesn’t mean that […]

In the Open: bar, type or copy and paste in “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Google\Google. Earth” without the quotation marks. If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, the location will be C:\Users\%username%\App. Data\Local or Local, low\google\google, and earth. Depending on the version of Google Earth you are using, the application can save the file […]

Google Earth for the desktop is a NEAR end of life product, but it is still available. They are replacing the Google. Earth desktop app with a Google. Earth Web App. Google said: While rebuilding the new Google Earth from scratch we decided to start with features that are essential for exploring and learning about […]

Google Earth stores your ‘My Places’ as a KML file called ‘myplaces. Kml’ typically located in the folder : Once you have located your ‘myplaces. Kml’ file, copy it to a location in your cloud services shared folders and take note of the full path of the folder. Google Earth saves your placemarks in a […]

If you need to manually update Google Earth, you can download the most recent 6.2 and 7.x direct installers. Some of the following installers do not auto-update (not recommended). Down load a Google Earth Pro direct installer. The Pro versions of Google Earth 6.0 and earlier are no longer supported. All versions of the program […]

Launch the Google Earth app on your desktop, search for any location in the sidebar and, this is important, zoom in an area as much as possible. Now hover your mouse over the map and you should see the capture date of that satellite image in the status bar as seen in the above screenshot. […]

If Street View stopped working all of a sudden or after you updated your Google Maps app, this could be due to a code bug or glitch. Check if other users reported the same problem. Or maybe Google already officially acknowledged the issue. Another frequently asked question is “Is Street View working on Google Earth?”. […]