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Grex Web Item 16: Google Earth
Entered by rcurl on Thu Jun 26 06:12:33 UTC 2008:

For information exchange and help for Google Earth

6 responses total.

#1 of 6 by rcurl on Thu Jun 26 06:19:25 2008:

I would like to save a single Place file as a .kmz file. When I do that, 
saving it to my Desktop, and open it, the resulting image contains *all* 
the Place marks from all my Place files. Would that be true if I e-mailed 
that Place file to someone - would it also contain all my Place data? Can 

Likewise, can I save such a single Place file on my compuer so it would 
open in Google Earth with just that one Place marked?

#2 of 6 by nharmon on Thu Jun 26 14:19:24 2008:

Try looking into .KML files instead as those can be edited with a text 
editor (it's XML) and you can make sure it only sends one location.

#3 of 6 by rcurl on Thu Jun 26 17:45:29 2008:

Good idea - though I see only one Place named in the .kml file, when I open
it in Google Earth, all the other Places are shown. Is this just a feature
of Google Earth but those other places would not show up if the .kml file were
opened by someone else? Would then all *their* places also show upon when my
.kml file is opened?

I tried "unchecking" all Places except the one I wanted, and then saved 
the .kmz file. It opened showing only that one Place. If I rechecked all 
the Places, all showed up when just the "single Place" .kmz file was 
opened. I am concluding that this is the feature of Google Earth. 
Therefore it appears that if I send the .kmz or .kml file to someone, what 
else that will show will depend on what Places they have checked in their 
MyPlaces folder, and hence none of my other Places..

I could not find any info in the User Guide for Google Earth on how to use 
those check boxes. Do they serve any other function than what I describe 
above?

#4 of 6 by madmike on Tue Sep 30 20:07:00 2008:

Did you know...

If you have a copy of the latest Google Earth installed on your system.
It's a bit of an easter-egg but it is becoming more well known and 
there is much community support (forums) for it.

To access it launch Google Earth, click on the globe, press 
control+alt+a your first time in you will be presented with a choice of 
airplane (jet or prop job)

see this link for control keys (joystick also supported)

http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html

#5 of 6 by madmike on Tue Sep 30 20:09:09 2008:

Did I Mention...
It's A Flight Simulator that allows you to fly over Google's Earth?

#6 of 6 by nharmon on Tue Sep 30 20:29:58 2008:

I prefer Microsoft Flight Simulator, so I can practice VOR navigation
and IFR procedures on Vatsim. ;)

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