Google Earth For Dummies

This interesting guide covers all aspects of Google Earth, the freely downloadable application from Google that allows users to view satellite images from all points of the globe
Aimed at a diverse audience, including casual users who enjoy air shots of locales as well as geographers, real estate professionals, and GPS developers
Includes valuable tips on various customizations that users can add, advice on setting up scavenger hunts, and guidance on using Google Earth to benefit a business
Explains modifying general options, managing the layer and placemark systems, and tackling some of the more technical aspects, such as interfacing with GPS
There are more than 400,000 registered users of Google Earth and the number is still growing

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Title of ebook: Google Earth For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470126981
parent-ISBN: 9780470095287
Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 39909 kb
Pages: 360
Published: 02-2007
Released online for download: 02-03-2007
Author of eBook: Crowder, David A.

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Google Earth For Dummies

Chapter One

The Earth According to Google

In This Chapter

* Getting to know Google Earth

* Comparing versions

* Understanding Google Earth's capabilities

* Joining Google Earth communities

Google Earth is not just another map program or some kind of digitized globe inside your computer, but rather, a social phenomenon. Although it can stand on its own with other Geographic Information System (GIS) software, its focus is on giving the public a unique experience.

With everything from National Geographic articles to live Webcams to local commentaries built into it, the program doesn't just display maps and photos but launches the era of satellite tourism. Calling it a 3-D interface to the planet, the folks at Google are backing it to the hilt with both their incredible wealth and their enviable marketing savvy, and it seems destined to grow into one of the largest of all the online communities.

With Google Earth, you have wings. You can fly high above the planet or zoom right down to the ground. In ... read full excerpt from Google Earth For Dummies ebook

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