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Check out the related link below to find help using the Ruler Tool in Google Earth.

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Google Earth has a bunch of tools including Historical view, Street View, a Ruler for measuring distance/area, and a Flight Simulator to name just a few.Detailed help can be found in the Google Earth User's guide in related links below. Start with 'Getting Started' section or jump to a specific section that you're looking for help in.


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Google Earth 6 introduced a Measurements tab when you edit/view placemark properties, which will show length of paths. You can upgrade to free version of GE 6.0 if you want to use that.Otherwise you can use the Ruler measuring tool (all versions of Google Earth) available in the Tools menu, select Path and retrace the path on the ground to find its length.


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One uses Google Earth to get directions as Google Earth provides geographical information about places on the Earth. Google Earth was released twelve years ago in 2001.


Does Google Earth measure distance as Crow Flies?

In line mode the ruler is drawn as great circles (shortest possible path), which should be as a "crow flies". The ruler in Google Earth allows measurement of distances for a straight line or paths. Note for large distances (e.g. > 2000 miles) lines are drawn different than the lat-lon grid lines in Google Earth.


Is software necessary to use Google Earth?

You do not need to download software to use Google Earth. You can use the web client version from the Google Maps website. If you did choose to download it, it is free.


How do you find the distance calculator on Google earth?

If your toolbuttons are visible there is a ruler up there which you can use to measure between two points. You can also create a path and GE will tell you how long the path is.


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What website from Google is Google Earth?

Some websites use the Google Earth plugin and visiting such a website would prompt you to download the plugin from Google if you don't already have Google Earth plugin installed. This is installed when you install the Google Earth application.If you want to download the Google Earth application it can be download for free from the Google Earth website, whose URL can be found in related links below. Otherwise just search: "Download Google Earth" and the first result with the website from the domain earth.google.com is the one to use (after the ads).