If you’d like to measure anything in Google Earth browser, remember you can use the ruler/measuring tool, but the elevation profile option isn’t available like it is in Pro. Remember you get to this screen by clicking on the camera icon with the plus in the last step. One of the great things about using the web browser version is you can simply add images or videos by just using the “Google Image Search” option you want associated with the placemark, line, or polygon feature. If you have larger images, consider changing the “Info box” size under this screen as well to a “large info box.” You can also add images by clicking on the camera icon in the rectangular box at the top. Once your placemark is added you can name it, change the symbol, color, etc. You can also zoom in and zoom out to your placemark/path/polygon location in Google Earth until you get the exact view you want others to see, and if you right click it and select “snapshot view” you will preserve the zoom angle and altitude exactly as seen within Google Earth Pro at the time.Īdding a Polygon or Path/Line Feature in ProĬlick to add either a point feature with the placemark or a polygon or line (both under the line path icon). Note that for any placemark, line, or polygon location you can right click and find its coordinates under “Properties.” Under properties you can also change the symbol color and label color. Make sure you do a “Save Places As…” by right clicking the folder each time you make a change to the folder/KMZ/KML. If not, you can drag it under the folder in the menu bar on the left. If your placemark appears under the folder you created, great. You can also add image files you’ve saved by using the “Add local image link…” Note that you have options to “Add a web image…” by copy and pasting a Google Image or other web image link.

Once there, click the yellow pushpin to add a placemark and make sure to give it a name. You can search locations or coordinates in the search bar to navigate to places you’d like to add. Once students are comfortable navigating Google Earth and the toolbar, they can be apply these tools to any area around the globe. related to development or decline of different areas around Texas. There is also an opportunity to discuss population and demographic changes, economic impacts, flood risk, etc. And they can use the “Show Historical Imagery” time sliders to understand how their neighborhoods have changed over the recent decades. They can use the ruler tool to draw a path and measure the distance from their home to school or other locations they may be interested in mapping. They can add placemarks to their home and figure out what the coordinates are by right clicking and looking at “properties” after they’ve added a placemark. To do this, we recommend having them navigate around their own neighborhood and/or school to create a small KMZ file and learn to measure distance and find coordinates. The toolbar in Google Earth Pro.īefore students navigate to places around the world, it’s helpful to learn the tools available by looking at things they’re more familiar with.

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