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Google Earth

Google Earth is a virtual globe that offers aerial, satellite, and geographical information of the Earth. it also includes a map of Mars, a flight simulator and a constellation map.

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Please tell you the software or website of seeing human being live anywhere any time but live not like Google earth pleasez tell you?

This is called being outside.

Just go outside and you will see live human beings. Great, isn't it?

To answer the implied question: No, there isn't any service that has worldwide live coverage of the planet. You can access a couple of web cams that give you live coverage of a small area, but that's about it.

How do you find shipwrecks in Google Earth?

In Layers panel of Google Earth under Ocean there is a Shipwrecks layer, which if checked will shows icons for shipwrecks around the world like the HMS Titanic with details about the ship, when/why it was sunk, and sometimes video clips, etc. This, however, will require you to know approximately where the ship was sunk to locate it.

There is also the "Shipwrecks Tour" and "Visible Shipwreck Collection" from Google Earth Community (GEC) that can be downloaded and viewed in Google Earth.

See related links below.

Is it possible to find a shark on Google Earth?

It's not very likely but even a swimming shark was caught in satellite imagery found in Google Earth. One such instance was found in images taken for Google Earth on Australia Day in 2007.

You can find shark-related content in some of Google provided layers and in the Google Earth Gallery.

Check out the Ocean layer in Google Earth, which includes National Geographic, Cousteau Ocean World, and Animal Tracking. This layer may include a geo-registered photo or video clip of sharks. For example, the Animal Tracking layer under Ocean layer includes tracking of Great White sharks.

How do you you retract flaps on Google Earth Flight Simulator?

Reduce flaps with left bracket '[' or 'F' key

Increase flaps with right bracket ']' or shift-F key

For full list of controls see help in related link below.

What is Google Update Task Machine UA?

The Google Update Task Machine UA is a updater for Google products. It will scan your computer periodically and find which Google products you have and then prompt you to update them.

Best website for satellite images?

NASA provides vast archives of satellite imagery much of which are available online such as the NASA Image Gallery.

Google Maps is a great tool to see satellite imagery of earth. Remember to change "Map" view to "Satellite" to display the satellite imagery.

If you need better (higher resolution) imagery, you could try other mapping programs or, if you have the resources, you could consider purchasing imagery for your own use.

Here are a few companies with websites to start with, but there are others, try doing an internet search for satellite and aerial imagery:

  • DigitalGlobe
  • Spot Image
  • MapMart
  • Terrametrics
  • TerraServer

How do you put a Google Earth tour in iMovie?

The Google Earth tour video has to be formatted for iMovie - DV (Digital Video) stream.

Is it possible to get third person view on Google Earth flight simulator?

Google Earth flight simulator only has the front cockpit view with the option to rotate pilot viewpoint by pressing Arrow keys + Alt (slow) or CTRL (fast). This moves the viewpoint in the direction of the arrow.

This is not a fully-functional flight simulator. If you need a 3rd person view then you'd have to try X-Plane or another product.

As an alternative, there is Xavier Tassin's Google Earth Flight Simulator, which uses Google Earth web browser plugin. This provides several aircraft choices with a 3rd person view. See related links.

Is Google Maps an online atlas?

An atlas is a collection of maps, and Google Maps is an online interactive map with multiple levels of resolution and details depending on your zoom level. By the definition of an atlas and description of Google Maps, you can say Google Maps is a type of online world atlas.

What are the new Google Earth features?

Google Earth 7.1 introduces these new features:

  • Support for LEAP Motion device
  • Enhanced starfield
  • Google Feedback tool integration
  • Redesigned balloons

Google Earth 7.0:

  • Support for 3D imagery data in major cities.
  • Tour Guide mechanism in the client
  • Support for terrain data accessed via Google Maps Engine
  • Zooming in now tilts at a higher elevation in order to showcase 3D imagery
  • A unified graphical rendering pipeline
  • Redesigned startup tips and status bar

Google Earth 6.2:

  • Improved seamless imagery rendering
  • Enhanced search
  • Unified network stack
  • Ability to share screenshots with your Google+ circles from within the Google Earth client
  • Unified Google login mechanism in the client
  • Improved performance with 3D buildings

Google Earth 6.1:

  • Improvements to Street View including zoom slider
  • Added the ability to sort "My Places"

Google Earth 6.0:

  • Integrated (redesigned) Street View
  • 3-D trees
  • Easy to use historical imagery
  • Ground-level navigation

Google Earth 5.2:

  • Elevation profile
  • Track and Multi-track extensions in Google Earth
  • Visualization of Rain/Snow

Google Earth 5.0:

  • Underwater terrain, water surface and underwater 3D models
  • Historical imagery
  • Mars imagery/terrain/layers

Where is Google Earth view menu?

The main menu in Google Earth is located along the top of the main window with the sub-menus labeled: File, Edit, View, Tools, Add, and Help.

View menu is the third option in the main menu with the following options:

  • Toolbar
  • Sidebar
  • Full Screen
  • View Size
  • Show Navigation
  • Status Bar
  • Grid
  • Overview Map
  • Scale Legend
  • Tour Guide
  • Atmosphere
  • Sun
  • Historical Imagery
  • Water Surface
  • Explore -> Switch to Earth, Sky, Mars, Moon
  • Reset
  • Make this my start location

Details can be found under the Help menu. Select 'Help resources'.

How do you calculate azimuth with Google earth?

In order to calculate Azimuth with google Earth one would need to figure the decimals of degree units that are used and find the direction of point A to B. Once the calculation has been made one can then decipher the amount of space between points A and B.

How do you take screenshot from google earth picture?

To capture the screen in Google Earth you select from the menu File / Save / Save Image... then pick the file name to save JPEG image.

Likewise, you can select Edit / Copy Image from menu to copy screen image into clipboard then paste into an application like MS Word, PowerPoint, etc. (same as pressing Shift-PrntScrn keys from Windows computer to capture the screen).

Which is the best for Google Earth in OpenGL or DirectX mode?

The only real difference is that opening in "OpenGL" GE is using the memory that is dedicated on your graphics card, not your system resources. If you have a graphics card installed in your computer that is capable of handling the memory requirements of the GE program, you open with "OpenGL".

If you computers graphic card has to use your systems memory (RAM) then you would open using DirectX. This is Microsoft's way of letting you enjoy the 3D effects of many programs. When you first install and run GE for the first time, it should tell you which mode to open in and then set it as your default.

If you are still unsure, you can always try to open in both modes to see which gives you the better performance...

Can you see Howard's and Bernadette's wedding from Google Earth?

The imagery in Google Earth is on average 3 years old so you won't see a recent event immediately on Google Earth and the chance of seeing any particular short term event like a wedding is next to impossible.

Google Street View imagery tends to be relatively more recent but again very little chance the a Street View car was capturing imagery at a given location and time of any particular event.

Diffrent person: No as a big bang theory fan im was sad to see this enter this address to see for yourself

215 S. Madison Ave, Pasadena, CA

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).

Where can i see the dudesons ranch on Google Maps?

You can search for "Dudesons Ranch" on Google Maps to view its location. The ranch is located in Tuuri, Finland.

Is Google Earth good or bad?

If you think about your question more clearly, you will realize that you are asking for a judgment. A judgment, by definition, is a thought process that entails, (among the other definitions), a discernment. So, in a round about way, you are asking whether or not Google Earth is good or bad for SOMEBODY in particular.

You haven't specified WHO you are interested in Google Earth being good or bad FOR.

If you were a drug dealer, and grew fields of opium, you might not like Google Earth very much when your fields were "discovered" by somebody browsing the Internet, and reporting your crop to the legal authorities, who then came and destroyed your crop and arrested you and put you in jail. The impact of Google Earth on your life would be something that YOU might consider to be very "bad".

Your next door neighbor, however, noting the severe impact that illegal drugs has on the quality of life for most citizens in that society, would quite likely look at EXACTLY the same set of facts, and conclude that Google Earth had done more to bring good into their life, (by getting you put in prison and getting the source of drugs that THEIR kid was using cut off), than any other single factor!

Technology in itself is probably morally neutral. Arguably, even highly destructive weapons could result in SOME benefit to society, if they produce jobs for workers, AND if the weapons themselves are never used and never kill anybody. Thus, it is probably not very skillful to ask whether or not something is good or bad, in the same way that asking if a person is good or bad isn't really all that helpful.

People do things. Some of those things are not very skillful, and some are moderately skillful. Some things produce more useful benefits to society (and the individual performing them) than the amount of damage that they do. All actions have benefits and collateral damage. We don't even always KNOW for sure all the damage that we do when we do something that we THINK is helpful or useful.

To call someone good or bad because of the amount of damage that they do or the amount of good that we THINK they do, is not a very helpful way of looking at the situation. Nobody wants to think of themselves as bad. Al Capone, who was a notorious criminal in Chicago, thought of himself as a public benefactor, because he supplied people with what they wanted, and just because what they wanted was illegal, he got paid a lot of money to provide it, since there wasn't any other way for people to obtain the things he was selling. He refused to look at the damaging aspects of his "services" and concentrated only upon the fact that his services were in fact in great demand. By calling a person good or bad, you blind them to the fact that there are always TWO components to their actions, and they become defensive about what they are doing.

No matter what, any action, even one taken for positive reasons, has a negative part to it. It is impossible to state accurately WHAT the level of value to you or to society as a whole is, unless you can accurately MEASURE the benefits and the damage that your chosen action has upon the person or group that you are affecting.

Let's look at a simple example. You have a friend who is considered "fat". You are concerned that their health will deteriorate as a result of their "fat" condition, and you wish to "help" your friend decide to lose weight, which might improve their life enough to be able to live longer.

How do you go about doing this? Is there a way to inform your friend that you are concerned, and have it do any "good"? If you taunt your friend, by calling them names, and laughing at how fat they are, you are acting in an unskillful manner. It doesn't matter that you ACTUALLY MEANT to be helpful to your friend, because the damage you are doing to your friend's thoughts is far greater than any "help" you might be bringing to their consciousness that they are overweight. Your friend will likely wind up eating EVEN MORE as a direct result of your unskillful actions, and your "assistance" will backfire and actually produce the EXACT OPPOSITE of what you had originally hoped for. You might think that this is a stupid example, but my experience tells me that most people will nag an overweight person, IN SPITE of the fact that nagging never seems to do any "good", and this means ADULTS, not just kids, by the way!

Let's look at another simple example. Suppose you decide to increase your fitness by starting an exercise program. Is this new practice ONLY good, or does it have some BAD parts to it? How can exercise be considered BAD?

If you exercise, or move your body around, you are asking various muscle groups to perform the job that they were created for. However, doing this job, causes damage to the cells, and as a result, some number of them are worn out in the process. The weakest ones are more prone to dying and being discarded by the body. Each night, when you sleep, your body undertakes a massive reconstruction program when you aren't in charge any longer, and fixes all the damage that you have caused to your body during the day. If you were to SUDDENLY start demanding a very great deal of work from your muscles, then you would likely find that more cells were dying than could be replaced that night. Your muscles would be sore the next day, and you would feel some pain.

Pain is simply the body's way of communicating to you that you are damaging it at a greater rate than it can repair itself. The more the pain, generally speaking, the more the damage that you've done. Now, eventually, almost all the damage that you do to your body can be repaired fairly successfully. The usual effect of feeling pain, is that you don't move around as much. Not moving around as much, allows the body to keep the cells alive that it already has, and each night, it can add more cells to begin replacing the ones that have been damaged or killed by the sudden overload.

Slowly, the pain lessens, as the body can begin to function at higher and higher levels of activity without any danger of disruption of functionality. If you then begin to exercise at a rate that is careful to balance between TOO much damage, and TOO little damage, your body will adjust its repair capacity to allow you to perform MUCH greater levels of activity, and you will become what is known as "fit", or in good physical condition. Nobody would argue that being in good physical condition is "bad", but clearly, your ATTEMPTS to get in good physical condition can be unskillful to the point of incapacitating you. This effect is commonly laughed at in what are called "weekend warriors". They sit around all week, at a desk job, or in front of a TV, and then when the weekend comes, they play a vigorous sport, such as American football, and then spend the next week groaning and moaning about their injuries and bruises. The exercise they engage in is both skillful and unskillful. The activity needs to be engaged in before the body can replace damaged cells, because if there aren't any damaged cells, the body won't need to replace any (which is what happens during the week). The fact that they failed to moderate the LEVEL of activity on the weekend, until their body could adjust properly was because they were unskillful in their choice. The body became overloaded with repair requests, and it can't perform them all in a single night.

So, in this way, you can see that answering questions about good and bad aren't as simple as you might have thought. If you produce too much damage by using a thing, such as Google Earth, and if society can't adapt to it, then for some people, it would have a negative impact on their lives that is not compensated sufficiently by the helpful things that it accomplishes.

Google Earth facilitates more information being distributed about our planet to people in greater numbers than ever before. If people that wish to exploit the Earth without also taking care of it, (like our weekend warriors and how they treat their own bodies), and if these exploiters then use Google Earth to find ways to damage the Earth for some profit to themselves, then Google Earth will be a setback for all living creatures.

If the people that are ready to practice skillful stewardship activities, (perhaps those that take good care of their bodies are in this group), for the Earth and they use Google Earth to monitor events around the globe, and act to slow down the rate of damage being done to the Earth to a sustainable rate (the Earth also heals its biosphere, in a similar way that bodies heal torn tissues and other injuries), then Google Earth will be hailed as a major benefactor to humankind, and indeed, to all living creatures.

You can help make a difference in this outcome, by deciding to investigate ways to be helpful, and to use the technological tools at your disposal to accomplish these ends. Whenever you realize that something that you've been doing in the past, either because you were simply thoughtless, or because you didn't realize at the time all the consequences of it, and that activity isn't helpful to the Earth, compared to the benefit that you or others get by performing it, then simply stop doing it. Dropping litter on the streets when you walk about or ride around in a car is a small, but significant activity that far too many people still engage in. The "benefit" of littering is that you get rid of the garbage from YOUR hand or your car without having to wait very long after you make the decision that you don't want it any longer, but at the cost of spreading garbage around where it will be seen by hundreds or thousands of OTHER people, and thus teaching them that it is a quick and easy way to solve their problem of having a piece of garbage whenever they don't want it any longer. Garbage can be useful, if it is brought to a place where the resources that it contains can be reused and if not reused, then recycled. The resources that are recovered in this way can reduce the damage that humans do to acquire MORE of those same resources from the planet in other ways. Remember, ALL human activity results in SOME damage, so you want to consider whether or not YOUR action is more skillful, or LESS skillful than another choice that you might have.

Look for ways to use Google Earth and the other tools that we now have to make the world a better place to live OVERALL, for all beings!

How was Google Street View created?

When Street View first launched in May 2007, Google used vans driving on public streets around the world to capture images with integrated GPS devices. Now Google cameras have been adapted to cars and special 3-wheeled tricycles.

Once the photographs have been taken they then go through computer processing to make them ready for showing on Google Maps and Google Earth. Google takes all the individual photos that have been collected by the cameras and "sew" them together to make the 360° panorama photo that you see on Street View.

Google applies "cutting-edge" face blurring technology, which helps make sure that passers-by in the photographs can't be identified. Google also blurs legible license plates.

For more details see related links.

Would it take one to three years for a new building to show in Google Earth?

Imagery in Google Earth gets updated world-wide every 2-3 weeks but the same area may not be updated for six months or 3 years. What gets updated depends on the demand for a given area. Everyone wants their area updated first and the world is a large place -- major cities naturally have high demand so they'll usually be updated more frequently than a rural area.

How do you mark the boundary lines in Google Earth?

You can turn on country and city boundaries in the Layers. Enable the Borders and Labels layer and under More/US Government layer there are various city and district boundary layers each of which will show different boundary lines.

If you want to draw custom boundary and parcel lines then you can draw free-hand or point-by-point using the Path item under Add menu.

Why did street view disappear with Google Earth 6?

Here is one of Google's announcements of ending Street View support for Google Earth versions 5.x and older.

"With the most recent update to Google Earth (6.2), we are also finalizing our transition to a new method of delivering Street View imagery in Google Earth. This means, that the older versions of Google Earth (anything before 6.0) will no longer be able to access Street View. We held off making this change until now, when the vast majority of Google Earth users are on 6.0 (or later)." -- Google Jan 2012.

Basically, Google decided to improve the Street View interfaces which would be implemented in the current versions of Google Earth for desktop and mobile platforms rather than keep supporting the older (less efficient) method of accessing Street View.