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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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Are there any hurricanes on Google Earth?
The weather layer in Google Earth allows you to see weather imagery and data overlaid on the map. Real-time tracking of tornadoes and hurricanes can be done both with image overlays and colored lines and circles showing the path and strength of the storm.
Can you show me a picture of Earth?
A search for imagery that contains the keyword 'earth' can be viewed in the first related link below. This includes a number of images of Earth seen by satellite, artistic renderings, among other things.
NASA also has a number of collections of images and animations. See related link below for appropriate web site.
If you want street view imagery or satellite/aerial imagery on a map context then try visiting Google Maps or downloading Google Earth.
How do you zoom in in Google Earth?
You can either click and drag the map or use the arrow keys. Also, press "-" or "+" to zoom in and out, and use shift and the arrow keys to angle the view. Placemark, mouse, navigation controls.
Is it illegal to download Google Earth?
Google Earth is free for personal use as long as you don't want the "deluxe version" (which can be brought on the Google web site). Google Earth is absolutely safe, it is from a worldwide company and there are no serious claims of it causing computer troubles.
What does Google describes Google Earth as?
A great source where you can find all kinds of places and area just type in your address in the search field and it will take you there.
Additionally
Google Maps can help you search for places, businesses, intersections, addresses in addition to see high-resolution satellite and street view imagery.
How do you get a Boeing 747 in Google Earth?
Under Tools menu select 'Enter Flight Simulator' option then you can pick the F-16 or SR22 and your starting location. Next you're in that airplane.
See link in related link section for detailed instructions.
How do you update Google Maps?
In 2006 Google Maps was updated to use the same satellite image database as Google Earth. Before that Google had to update and process imagery for both Google Earth and Google Maps where the maps where often out of sync with each other. Now Google updates its central map & imagery database and the updates are made available to both Google Earth and Google Maps at once.
The time between getting imagery from satellite and seeing it on Google Maps is far from real-time. Once the imagery is taken by satellite, it takes time to process the data by a commercial provider like GeoEye before it is available to Google and other customers. Google will do additional processing to convert imagery into the format and coordinate system of its internal databases. This is one reason you normally won't find any imagery younger than about 6 months.
For these reasons, the Google map & imagery database is updated once or twice a month.
When was Google Earth first released?
Imagery Updates
Google Earth imagery updates usually happen about every 2-3 weeks but the updates are not to the entire globe but to cities and regional areas often in multiple countries. Google provides a KML feed to show where the updates are located and also has a notification service to receive alerts when your selected areas have been updated. See related question for details.
Google Earth Software Updates
Google Earth software is usually updated several times a year with a major update (e.g. 6.2 -> 7.0) about once per year.
How do you use street view in Google Earth?
Street View in Google Earth 6 and 7:
Drag the orange "pegman" icon from the navigation control (on upper-right corner) onto the map to enter Street View mode. Also if you're looking at ground from low altitude then double-click on a building or ground to enter nearest Street View photo from that location.
Note you must be closer than 500 km (eye altitude level) for the street view "pegman" icon too appear.
For detailed usage of Street View see the Google Earth user guide which includes a tutorial using Street View (see related links below).
How often is Google Street View updated?
The images in Google Earth (and Google Maps) are updated on a continuous basis. It's hard to say exactly when an area will be updated because some areas may be updated more frequently than others (just because that data is more readily available). While most images are no more than 3 years old in high resolution areas, low resolution imagery in some areas may be older. When high-res or newer imagery is not available, the base map used in Google Earth is a circa 2000 TerraMetrics/NASA 15 meter resolution base imagery.
It takes months of post processing new imagery before they go online so bulk updates usually happen about every 2-3 weeks. Google Earth and Google Maps share the same backend satellite image database and are updated together.
Why are newer images sometimes found in Historical Imagery?
Newer imagery is sometimes available in 'Historical Imagery', which can be enabled from the View menu option in Google Earth. Sometimes older images are actually of better quality than new images (i.e. there might be a huge cloud over a certain area which encourages using the older, clearer image). This feature is not available in Google Maps.
Where was Google Earth imagery last updated?
If you want to see where Google Earth (and Google Maps) imagery was last updated either check out the Google Earth Blog for update announcements or simply click on the 'Google Earth Imagery Updates' link below to see the highlighted areas on the globe.
When will my area be updated?
Due to overwhelming demand when a given area will be updated Google has created a new e-mail notification service. Check out 'Follow Your World' in related links below.
Why does Google earth black out the middle of Antarctica?
There are a number of causes of graphical issues in Google Earth.
In some cases you just need to clear your local cache and restart Google Earth. Another workaround to switch from DirectX to OpenGL Mode (or vice versa) and/or try running in safe mode.
You may have to reinstall Google Earth or get the latest version.
Why resolution of Goggle Earth images vary place to place?
The imagery used in Google Earth and Google Maps comes from a variety of sources ranging from satellite & aerial imagery to imagery taken from air balloons. Some of the imagery is given to Google by city or state governments. The age of the imagery varies greatly (from several months to 5 years) and the older imagery will have a lower resolution due to technological improvements.
This imagery comes from a variety of vendors each from cameras with different resolutions and quality. Google performs extensive post-processing to stitch and blend the imagery together. It's hard to fathom what a massive project updating the Google imagery really is and the costs involved.
Short answer: there is no one source of imagery covering the globe at all levels (national, region, local, etc.).
How get real-time pics of Google Earth?
The aerial, satellite, and Street View imagery in Google Earth is not real-time (or live). But there is also a webcam layer integrated into Google Earth (enabled in Gallery layer) that can show "live" scenes at selected locations.
What is the purpose of the left mouse button in Google Earth?
Hold the left mouse button down to pan the globe in the direction the mouse moves in Google Earth.
Hold right mouse button and move mouse to zoom in/out.
Move mouse up to zoom out and down to zoom in or use the scroll wheel.
Same mouse controls also work in Google Earth plugin within the web browser.
How often does Google Earth take pictures?
Really depends on the source of the satellite imagery.
Google for examples purchases or leases its satellite imagery from a number of imagery providers such as GeoEye and DigitalGlobe. Google updates it imagery on Google Earth and Google Maps once or twice a month but not the entire globe at once.
Bing Maps (previously Live Search Maps, Windows Live Maps, Windows Live Local, and Microsoft Virtual Earth) is Microsoft's web mapping service. New updates are released on roughly a monthly basis.
How can Google Earth just disappear from your computer?
In some cases the desktop shortcut icon to launch Google Earth on Windows computers disappears possibly to due to glitch in auto-updater found in Google Earth versions 6.0. The latest version Google Earth v6.1 announced to have fixed this problem. If it disappears you can 1) manually recreate the desktop short-cut, 2) run a small utility downloaded from google's web site, or 3) upgrade to the latest 6.1 version.
See related link for support article below.
Is there any other software like Google Earth?
There are alternatives to Google Earth such as NASA World Wind from a desktop application perspective.
Google Earth is available as a free and paid Pro version (no source code is available). NASA World Wind is open source project and source code is available. World Winddiffers from Google Earth in that there is no one and 'official' World Wind application, instead there are many demos and programs with different functionalities created both by NASA and users from around the world.
For high-end GIS users ESRI sells a suite of 2-D and 3-D Map-related products (ArcGis, ArcMap, etc.)
From a web browser context there is Google Maps, which is integrated with Google Earth and shows some of the same map data. No download or installation is required.
There is also Microsoft's Bing Maps, formerly known as Virtual Earth, with their impressive "bird's eye" aerial photos.
Other mapping web sites with satellite imagery are also available. See related questions and related links for more details.
Where is im a celebrity filmed on google earth?
> I believe its just off the Gold Coast in Queensland just South of Brisbane. That is correct. We see each evening that it is QLD as the time shown on TV is 10hrs ahead of GMT whereas the rest of Eastern Australian is GMT +11 If you search for rainforest then head S from Brisbane down the Gold Coast towards Coolangattaand the NSW border and then inland.
The Queensland National Parks of Lamington, Springbrook and Numinbah are in that region. Perhaps the filming can't be done in a National Park but could be close by.
The filming team do not publicise their location of course to avoid in situ fan clubs and thus hindrances. **Meanwhile, I found out that the filming location was in Springbrook NP and the candidates and nearest & dearest are housed in the Palazzo Versace Hotel on Surfers' Paradise nr Southport QLD **
Check out https://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/listing.cgi?region=68
which has a handy map and pics of those NPs
NOTE:
Queensland Tourism is concerned that the programme portrays Australia and Queensland as a place full of snakes, rats, mice, critters and other nasty creepy crawlies. As the programme doctor says on a video, he is brought in with the various critters needed for the programme. I have been in Western Australia 5 times and never saw a redback spider and I have been in Queensland 4 or more times and never even saw a snake.
I did see cane toads up in sugar cane country Bundaberg and a #7 iron is the best thing to have for them. Some idiot imported them some years back to cure one cane problem and now they are the bigger problem. You should cover your eyes with glases if you play golf with them however ;-). Seriously though - they need culling. Gari
Why are the Google earth trees blury?
Trees on Google Earth are blurry typically because the satellite that took the picture doesn't have enough resolution to get a clear picture of the ground from space. To get around this problem Google creates 3-D computer-rendered trees to look like trees in areas where tree should be.
Where does Google Earth go once you have downloaded it?
When you download Google Earth it usually is saved in the temporary file folder unless you explicitly picked the download location. The Firefox web browser, for example, provides a downloads window showing what was downloaded and where it was saved locally.
Next, you run the installer (e.g. GoogleEarthWin.exe) to install the application.
Does Google Earth Enterprise run in windows?
The Google Earth Enterprise client software runs on desktop platforms including Windows, Linux, and Mac,. The Enterprise server software, however, is only supported on latest distributions of Ubuntu, Redhat, and SuSE.
See related links for more details.
Which Google Earth version supports the highest resolution?
Most land areas in Google Earth are covered in satellite imagery with a resolution of about 15 meters per pixel and highest resolution is 1 inch per pixel. At the highest resolution of once-inch resolution where each pixel represents one inch (or 2.54 centimeters). It won't appear blurry until you descend below 50 feet or so.
Most of the high-resolution imagery is aerial photography taken from aircraft flying at 800-1500 feet rather than from satellites.
See KML in related links to see examples of each resolution.
What satellite helps us locate places on earth?
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that consists of a series of satellites used for locating places anywhere on or near the Earth. GPS became fully operational in 1995.
There are also a number of satellites that take high-resolution imagery of earth including GeoEye-1, QuickBird, WorldView-1, WorldView-2, and others. High-resolution images combined with a precise location can help to locate any place on the planet.
How do you join paths on Google Earth?
In edit mode of Google Earth you could take one point of one line segment (path) and extend it to the intersect with other line such that the two lines appear to be a single line. However, there is no automatic way to merge the two lines into a single feature.
To merge two paths into a single Placemark you need to manually edit the raw KML and move/copy the coordinates of one into the
Here's an example with a KML file having two line paths which need to be merged.
OLD KML:
-122.431885303019,37.8019316061803
-122.431762847554,37.8019476932246
-122.431719843168,37.8017374462006
-122.431719843168,37.8017374462006
-122.431841863906,37.8017213314352
-122.431885303019,37.8019316061803
The merged KML would look like this
-122.431885303019,37.8019316061803
-122.431762847554,37.8019476932246
-122.431719843168,37.8017374462006
-122.431719843168,37.8017374462006
-122.431841863906,37.8017213314352
-122.431885303019,37.8019316061803
Note when you manually paste the coordinates it's hard to debug and identify which points on the map are in which order in the list. To help debug editing the points a free online is available to generate numbers corresponding to the order of the point in the list. Click on related link below and paste your KML into the form.
How accurate is Google Earth Live?
Google provides access to large amount of aerial and satellite photography from across the globe through Google Earth and Google Maps. The map imagery is not simulated nor computer generated so the data you see is "real" as-is the traffic and weather layers that Google provides.
That does not mean all KML content found on the Internet is "real" or accurate data. The data is as good as the source.
