Google Earth For Dummies
Published on 5. July 2007
346 pages
978-0-470-12698-1 (ISBN)
Description
* This interesting guide covers all aspects of Google Earth, thefreely downloadable application from Google that allows users toview satellite images from all points of the globe
* Aimed at a diverse audience, including casual users who enjoyair shots of locales as well as geographers, real estateprofessionals, and GPS developers
* Includes valuable tips on various customizations that users canadd, advice on setting up scavenger hunts, and guidance on usingGoogle Earth to benefit a business
* Explains modifying general options, managing the layer andplacemark systems, and tackling some of the more technical aspects,such as interfacing with GPS
* There are more than 400,000 registered users of Google Earthand the number is still growing
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David A. Crowder has authored or coauthored more than 25books, including the bestsellers Building a Web Site ForDummies and Cliffs Notes Getting on the Internet. Histwo most recent books were both listed as essential for all librarycollections by the magazine Library Journal.
Professor Crowder is equally at home with high technology orwith working his way through the backcountry on horseback or in adugout canoe. When he is not writing, he spends his time with hiswife Angela, wandering through villages in the Andes or frolickingin the Caribbean surf.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Getting to Know Google Earth.
Chapter 1: The Earth According to Google.
Chapter 2: Finding Businesses, Places, and Things.
Chapter 3: Adjusting Your View on the World.
Part II: Personalizing Google Earth.
Chapter 4: Fine-Tuning the Program.
Chapter 5: Adding Layers and Points of Interest (POIs).
Chapter 6: Pinning Down Placemarks.
Part III: Becoming a Cybertourist.
Chapter 7: Going on Tour.
Chapter 8: Mingling with the Community.
Chapter 9: Importing Data and Images.
Chapter 10: KML: It's Sorta Like HTML.
Part IV: Advanced Features.
Chapter 11: Designing with Google SketchUp.
Chapter 12: Designing with Google SketchUp, Part 2.
Chapter 13: Creating Polygons and Other Complex Structures.
Chapter 14: Digging Deeper with Google SketchUp.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten Great Places to Get Coordinates.
Chapter 16: Ten Reliable Sources for Data Files.
Chapter 17: Ten Cool Tools.
Part VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Glossary.
Appendix B: Default Content of the All Layers Pane.
Appendix C: Latitudes and Longitudes of Major Landmarks.
Index.
