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● Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
● Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
● Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen
● For better performance, see Recommended Configuration.
To use Google Earth on a Mac, you must have at least the following:
● Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 or later
● CPU: G3 500Mhz
● System Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM
● Hard Disk: 400MB free space
● Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
● Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
● Screen: 1024x768, "Thousands of Colors"
● For better performance, see Recommended Configuration
To use Google Earth on a Linux computer, you must have at least the following:
● Kernel 2.4 or later
● glibc 2.3.2 w/ NPTL or later
● XFree86-4.0 or x.org R6.7 or later
● CPU: 500Mhz, Pentium 3
● System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM
● Hard Disk: 400MB free space
● Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
● Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
● Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen
Note that Google Earth may work on other configurations not explicitly listed here. The recommended
configuration for Linux computers:
● Kernel 2.6 or later
● glibc 2.3.5 w/ NPTL or later
● x.org R6.7 or later
Google Earth has been tested on the following GNU/Linux distributions, but certainly works on others:
● Ubuntu 5.10
● Suse 10.1
● Fedora Core 5
● Linspire 5.1
● Gentoo 2006.0
● Debian 3.1
● Red Hat 9
Please make sure your system has properly-configured OpenGL drivers. If Google Earth appears to be slow
and unresponsive, it is likely that your system needs different video drivers.
Changing Languages
You can change the language displayed in Google Earth. To do this:
1. Click Tools > Options (Mac: Google Earth > Preferences). Click the General tab.
2. Under Language settings, choose the appropriate language of your choice. System Default
corresponds to the language used by the operating system of your computer.
- Google Earth User Guide 1
- New Features in Version 4.1 3
- Installing Google Earth 3
- System Requirements 3
- Changing Languages 4
- Additional Support 5
- Selecting a Server 5
- Navigating in Google Earth 6
- Using the Navigation Controls 8
- Top down view 9
- Tilted view 9
- Setting the Start Location 10
- About Search Terms 19
- Searching for Listings 20
- Touring and Saving Directions 21
- Saving Directions 22
- Sightseeing 23
- ● Click in the toolbar 24
- Saving a Point of Interest 27
- Sharing a Placemark 28
- Saving Search Results 28
- Saving Images 29
- Printing 29
- Viewing Layer Sub-Categories 32
- Tuning Display of POIs 33
- Viewing 3D Buildings 37
- Saving Places Data 42
- Opening Saved Placemarks 42
- Deleting Places Data 43
- Troubleshooting Email Issues 48
- Sharing Data Over a Network 48
- Saving Data to a Server 49
- About Network Links 50
- Creating a Network Link 50
- Setting Touring Behavior 53
- Number of Loops 54
- Setting the View 57
- Top-down, north up view 58
- Tilted and rotated view 58
- Changing Labels 59
- Using Custom Icons 60
- Setting Line Color and Width 60
- Setting Altitude 61
- Modifying Folder Settings 61
- Tips for Recording Movies 64
- ● Using the Overview Map 65
- ● 3D Viewer Options 65
- ● Viewing a Timeline 65
- Steps for Recording Movies 66
- When You Are Finished 67
- Viewing Many Results 70
- ● Using Style Templates 72
- ● Using GPS Devices with 72
- ● Making Movies with 72
- ● Keyboard Controls 72
- Available Units of Measure 73
- Overlay Requirements 78
- Overlay Features 78
- Terrain Integration 79
- Creating an Image Overlay 81
- Opening and Viewing Overlays 84
- Placing WMS Image Overlays 85
- Importing GPS Data 88
- Viewing a Timeline 90
- Setting Timeline Options 91
- Using Generic Text Files 94
- Using Addresses 95
- Using Geographic Coordinates 95
- Viewing Vector Data Fields 95
- Modifying Vector Data Display 96
- Importing Imagery 96
- Saving GIS Imagery 97
- What is a Map Projection? 98
- What Is a Datum? 102
- Mapping Color Styles 104
- Using a Single Color 104
- Using Random Colors 104
- Mapping Icons to Point Data 105
- Setting Icons Based on Fields 105
- Height Values for Text Fields 106
- Mapping Height Values 106
- Using Buckets for Field Data 107
- Saving the Sample File 108
- Importing the File 109
- Removing Duplicate Folders 110
- Adding Height Values 110
- Creating a Map Legend 110
- 3D Viewer Navigation 119
- Tour Mode Controls 121
- Side Panel Controls 121
- Switching to Full Screen Mode 125
- Setting the View Size 125
- Using the Overview Map 126
- Viewing Preferences 128
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