2017 AILDI NW Workshop Google Earth

Getting started

Download Google Earth Pro Note: Google Earth Pro requires a license key; if you do not have a key, use your email address and the key GEPFREE to sign in

Google Earth Pro

• Stores user data offline on computer hard drive - privacy, security

• Immersive 3D experience

• Create points, lines and polygons in 3D

• Create flythroughs, export to video, tours

• Works offline using cached imagery and saves user content offline

• Search for locations using Google Maps data

• Visualize your GPS tracks and share

• Go back in time with historical imagery

• Google Earth Pro is compatible with ArcGIS files

Additional Google Earth resources

• Google Earth Help Center

  • Click here for custom icon library from University of Victoria

  • University of Victoria Ethnographic Mapping Lab

  • Direct-to-Digital Methodology Interview Manual

Google Earth Basics

Google Earth Tours

<ScreenOverlay>

<name>Title</name>

<Icon> <href>YourURL.html</href>

</Icon>

<overlayXY x="0" y="0" xunits="fraction" yunits="fraction"/>

<screenXY x="25" y="95" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>

<rotationXY x="0.5" y="0.5" xunits="fraction" yunits="fraction"/>

<size x="0" y="0" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>

</ScreenOverlay>

Advanced Google Earth