To do this, right-click on the folder in the Places panel, and choose Snapshot View. You can also assign a Snapshot View to a folder. Now, when you double-click on that placemark in the 3D viewer or in the Places panel, Google Earth will fly to that saved view, or perspective. Go to the View tab, and click the Snapshot Current View button. To open the Properties, right-click on the placemark in the 3D viewer or in the Places panel, and choose Properties (on a PC) or Get Info (on a Mac). You can also set the Snapshot View in the Properties window click on the Snapshot current view button, as shown below. Using Snapshot Views can be very effective for telling stories and guiding users through your Google Earth layer in a controlled manner, helping them get the unique perspectives you want them to see. This will save your unique camera angle, or perspective, for this placemark. Right-click on the “Flirt” placemark in the Places panel, and select Snapshot View. For example, zoom into the placemark labeled “Flirt”, and tilt and rotate the Earth to a unique perspective. Use the mouse or the navigation tools to orient the Earth to a unique perspective for a placemark. Notice how there is no unique camera angle, or perspective, set for the placemarks - when you double-click on a placemark, the Earth doesn't tilt or rotate to a unique perspective. You can access the website via and the plugin can be downloaded from. No doubt many people will enjoy this website as it grows and develops. Parliament House in Canberra, ACT, Australia. One of the funniest renders is of the Kim Il-sung monument in Pyongyang, North Korea, which is very reminiscent of Flat Stanley! On an international level, particular detail can be seen in the renders of Tokyo (Japan), Washington D.C. In the window above, you can watch a 5-minute video presentation that I have created, demonstrating some of the features and problems.Īlternatively, you can watch a high-resolution version of the video on YouTube.īecause it is in its infancy, the amount of rendering is minimal, But in time, it will be possible to travel around Australia and the world, looking at the various sites. Google Maps Earth View is a fun website to use, but the difficult directions control panel makes navigation a challenge sometimes. A small amount of 3D rendering has been applied to maps of Adelaide (SA), Cairns (Qld.), Canberra (ACT), Gold Coast City (Qld.), Hobart (Tas.), Launceston (Tas.), Perth (WA) and Wollongong (NSW). So far, detailed CBD Earth renders been added to the maps of Brisbane (Qld.), Melbourne (Vic.) and Sydney (NSW). Render of Sydney, NSW, Australia, showing the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Once installed, a person can ‘fly’ around a city, looking at a landscape of buildings and hills that is rendered in 3D in varying degrees of accuracy. Google Maps Earth View requires the installation of a small plugin to enable it to function on individual computers. I quite like the potential that this feature offers.
The new feature brings together the software-based Google Earth with the website-based Google Maps. Recently, Google announced an additional feature to their popular Google Maps service: Google Maps Earth View.
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