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Google Earth is a free program from Google that takes satellite imagery and maps it onto a globe you can spin, zoom into and fly around.

As well as satellite imagery it also displays:

  • National and regional borders.
  • Places of interest.
  • User uploaded content (photos and articles).
  • 3D buildings.
  • Historical data.

It also includes Street View.

Google Earth homepage

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How can I run Google Earth offline?

I'd like to run Google Earth on a PC that does not have internet access. This was possible in NASA Worldwind if you downloaded all of the maps and stored them offline. However, I have yet to see such documentation for Google Earth. I've seen the…
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Is Google Earth Pro a real program? It installed itself overnight, without my permission

So I woke up today to new a new icon on my desktop named Google Earth Pro. I certainly didn't download or install it myself. I have had the regular Google earth installed for some time now but didn't have a desktop icon for it. Has a virus made it…
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How to uninstall Internet Explorer 9 or rollback to Internet Explorer 8?

I wanted to try, and I installed Internet Explorer 9 and now Firefox is acting strangely. For example, the URL Windows aren't opening in time. When I Maximize Firefox the window title is blinking like crazy. But Google Earth is acting even more…
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How to set the scale exactly in Google Earth?

Is it possible to exactly set the scale in Google Earth? By “exactly” I mean entering a concrete number, either the scale ratio (natural length to length on screen; of course this depends on knowing the display's DPI) or the length of the scale bar…
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How to Export/Extract any 3D model from Google Earth or Google Earth Pro?

Hello im a french student so excuse my use of english. I would like to know if there is a way to export any 3D models from Google Earth except the ones that are available on the 3D Warehouse. I've done my research and found a bunch of tools and…
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How to Create a New Planet In Google Earth

I'm creating my own fictional world for a project of mine, and I want to use Google Earth to map the planet. So, how do I create a new planet in Google Earth? Edit: this is possible in Google Earth enterprise, but I am looking for a way to do this…
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Why does my Google Earth flicker?

When using Google Earth, when I pan the map the application flickers white randomly. The full window turns white for a very short time and I can see "Not Responding" flicker in the title bar. Why does Google Earth flicker and what can I do about it?…
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How to install Google Earth on Debian Stretch?

after downloading from google the deb file I try: dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb but it complains that lsb-core is missing. So I need that package, "which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package". It looks…
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How to migrate Google Earth "My Places" to a new computer in Windows 7

Am using Windows 7, latest Google Earth (7.1.1.1580 as of today). I am migrating to a new computer. I have copied over the following…
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Viewing Google Earth Engine gallery datasets in standalone Google Earth client

Google Earth Engine contains a number of interesting datasets in the Featured gallery: We have precomputed a number of interesting datasets using the Earth Engine platform, below. Click on each to learn more and preview the data as a global…
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How to transfer Google Earth route to Google Maps?

I have a GPX route, I imported it into Google Earth. Everything is fine, so I saved it as KMZ file. Then just for check, I imported KMZ back into Google Earth. No problem. The thing is, I would like to work with Google Maps, no Google Earth and I am…
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Google Earth on Fedora

I have downloaded Google Earth 7.1.2, and I am trying to install it on Fedora 19. The error I am getting is: Transaction check error: file /usr/bin from install of google-earth-stable-7.1.2.2041-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package…
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How to force Google Earth to open pictures with Firefox or default browser?

Is there a way to force Google Earth latest version (7.1.1) to open pictures and Wikipedia articles on directly Firefox or a default browser, instead of using its own GUI? Thank you.
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Google Earth Font/Icons Oversized

Google Earth fonts and icons appear oversized. Here is a screenshot: What I've tried so far without success: Adjusted font and font size in Google Earth Preferences Removed Google Earth including preference files and cache and…
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Can I directly access 45-degree imagery in Google Earth?

Is there a way to view the 45° imagery, which google-maps provides at high-zoom levels, directly within Google-Earth?
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