
Select the layers you are interested to display in the map view. You can manipulate the layers in the layer panel (Figure 14). You can add a placemark in the map to make a virtual tour (Figure 13). You can also create your own sightseeing tour by right clicking on the “My Place” -> “Add” -> “Placemark”. Many famous sightseeing places have been included.


You can click on the “Start tour here” button. You can click on the "Sightseeing Tour" first, then select one Place in the "Tour Guide" bar. In the place panel (Figure 12), Google Earth Pro provides a virtual tour. In the Search window, click on "Get Direction" to create a route from SDSU to SeaWorld, San Diego. Given current view, you can try the “SDSU” in the Search Box. You can also try your home address to take a look at your house from the sky. This will fly you to the City of San Diego, California (Figure 7). Type the keyword San Diego in the Search address field and then press the enter key. The three panels are: Search Panel (Panel 1), Place Panel (Panel 2), Layer Panel (Panel 3). There are three operational panels (1-3), Navigation Control(4), and a map view (5) in the interface (Figure 5). (1:Search Panel 2:Places Panel 3:Layers Panel 4:Navigation Controls 5:Map View) The interface of Google Earth Pro looks like Figure 5. When installation is finished, launch the Google Earth Pro program. If you are using Norton Internet Security tool, please make sure the firewall allow Google Earth to access the Internet. The estimated download time and install time would be 3-5 minutes. We will use the Google Earth Pro in this exercise.Ĭheck your computer system configurations to make sure your computer can run Google Earth. There are three versions of Google Earth: Google Earth, Google Earth Plus and Google Earth Pro.

Each machine in the SAL lab has pre-installed Google Earth.) Installing Google Earth Pro on desktop.Įstimated time: 8 minutes (Note: you need to have the writing privilege for installing new software in a local personal computers, if you can not install Google Earth, please use our SAL lab machine. Please always save a local backup copy of your own answers.)ġ. Please write down your answers in MS Word or WordPAD or other word processing software. (In your upload file, please use this title: GEOG104-LAB-1-.doc (or txt or pdf). We will use the Timestamp on your documents in the Blackboard to check if your assignment is late or not. You should upload your lab answers to the Blackboard () before the lecture. Grading: 8 points total (ONE point for each question).ĭue Day: Feb 8 at the beginning of lecture (before 2:00pm).
