FAQ’s on Basic Features of Google Earth
It is possible to change the language setting for Google Earth. Problems with getting relevant results for your address search can be due to different kind of reasons. You can retrieve you saved placemarks with the help of two-step procedure. You can also change the zoom direction of your mouse's scroll wheel. Even if Google Earth does not support your device, you can transfer files to Google Earth. Moreover you can also mail a particular image to your friend directly from the Google Earth.
What is the procedure for changing the language setting for Google Earth?
If you want to change the language setting for Google Earth, you need to follow the steps given below.
a) Launch the program and click on the “Tools” button.
b) From there choose “Options”
c) Then go to the “General” tab.
d) After this visit the section named “Language settings” and use the pull-down menu for choosing the language of your choice.
Why am I not getting the address which I am searching correctly?
When you search for specific locations in Google Earth, you use the “Fly To” tab. For this, you enter the address in the input box and click on search button. However, you should note that Google Earth recognizes only the following types of search terms. You can enter them with or without commas.
E.g. City, state
city country
number street city-state
zipcode or postal code
latitude, longitude, in decimal format
latitude, longitude in DMS format
You can use this mode for many places around the world. However, currently street-level searching is limited to a few countries. In addition, the other search types have limitations. This may be the reason why you are not able to search for your location.
Moreover the names of minor cities in most countries are not covered under the “Fly To” tab. Also entering names of state or province alone won’t get your location. Another problem which possibly can occur is that the search terms you entered may not be recognizable “location search”. Therefore Google Earth may treat them as “business listing search” for the current view.
What is the procedure for retrieving my saved placemarks?
If you want to retrieve placemarks you need to follow the steps given below.
a)Click on the “Start” button and from the options choose “Run” if you are using windows desktop.
b) Then in the “Open” bar copy and paste or type in “C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth” without quotation marks.
C) Then choose “OK” and go to the directory and there click on any of the “myplaces.backup” files for retrieving your file.
What is the procedure for changing the direction of zoom of the mouse's scroll wheel?
If you want you can change the zoom direction of your mouse's scroll wheel. For doing so follow the below given steps.
a) Launch the program and then go to the “Tools” tab.
b) Then choose “Options”.
c) Then select the “Navigation” tab.
d) After this visit the “Mouse” section and there check or uncheck the “Invert mouse wheel” option.
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