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Google Earth
email me if you want. Happy to help. John

//…you can do more with Google Earth than look at your address // ;) Some movie screen captures can be found here

Note: We used the free version of Google Earth today. There is a Pro version of the software. All the reading I have done suggests that it is unnecessary to purchase the Pro version as this is aimed more at commercial entities who want to be able to download data more quickly, print higher quality screenshots, import GPS data and import a spreadsheet full of coordinates.

**//Google Earth Tips// **
 * Include the term “Google Earth” in your searches (include the quotation marks.)**

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 * Set your search location to be…? Your choice - View > Make this my start location
 * Click on the Ruler and measure the distance of things.
 * Ctrl + L for lines of Longitude and Latitude.
 * The coordinates of a location are displayed at the bottom of that page.
 * If you can’t see the navigation tools, go to View > Show Navigation > Automatically.
 * In the Panes on the left, check the top-most box to turn off all the sub menus.
 * The Terrain layer will allow you to measure terrain with a felxible ruler and see co-ordinates where the cursor is rested.
 * Layers **

Google Earth Layers Gallery has a large collection of files you can download. Some interesting examples of layers are: >>
 * Ancient Rome
 * Ocean
 * 360 cities
 * Volcanoes
 * Terrain
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Search for Mt St Helens with the terrain layer turned on
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">(Hold down the scroll wheel like a mouse button and move the mouse)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Tools > Options > Terrain quality and vertical exaggeration.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Of interest **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">ABC
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">[|www.abc.net.au/earth]
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">[|http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/gallipoli/google_earth.htm]
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">see it as an attachment on this page
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Google Lit Trips
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">[|www.googlelittrips]
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">see an example as an attachment on this page
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Museo del Prado Madrid
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">turn on the 3D buildings layer and enter the museum and have a look at masterpieces in ultra high resolution
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Help > Google Earth community
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Search Google Sky, Moon and Mars
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Click the clock icon to look at historical imagery.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In your web browser **<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">,
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Search for Google Earth Lit trips (in internet explorer, not Google Earth) [|http://www.googlelittrips.org/]
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Add “Google Earth” (including “ ”) in any searches to see if there’s something that has been created to fit in with Google Earth.


 * Click here **to download the ABC news content into Google Earth

now remember, don't type this rubbish. Copy it from here, paste it into the (right click >) properties then edit that window. ABC Gallipoli File. Very Cool Excellent Lit (Literature) Trip Another good trip. Remember, Right click > Properties to look at how they did each stop.