Google Earth User Guide User Manual download pdf (Page 42)

Removing a Placemark or Folder

To delete an item, right-click (CTRL click on the Mac) the entry and select

Delete from the pop-up menu, or select Delete from the Edit menu when the

item is selected in the Places panel. A confirmation dialog box asks if you

want to delete the placemark or folder. If you delete a folder, you also delete

all its contents, including other folders and icons. Click Yes to confirm the

deletion.

Saving Places Data

You can save placemarks, shapes, and entire folders (and their contents) to

your computer's hard drive. The placemark file or folder is saved as a single

file in KMZ format, which you can open at any time in Google Earth. You

might want to do this for the following reasons:

● You want to share the saved data with other Google Earth

users. You can email any placemark, shape, or folder to another

Google Earth user from within Google Earth, but you can also email

any KMZ file located on your computer to a Google Earth user. In

addition, you can post a KMZ file to the Google Earth BBS where

other Google Earth users can view the information, or you can serve

the file on your own web server or from any network location. See

Sharing Places Information for details.

● You have so many places in your My Places folder that Google

Earth startup is slow. Each time you start Google Earth, all the

places data is processed during startup, even if it is not turned on in

the 3D viewer. Holding a large amount of data in the My Places

folder can impact the performance of Google Earth, depending upon

your computer. By saving folders to your hard drive, you can improve

Google Earth performance by then deleting the data from your My

Places folder once they are saved to disk. You can always open the

data you save at any time.

Save individual placemarks, shapes, or entire folders by right-clicking (CTRL

click on the Mac) the item and selecting Save As... from the pop-up menu.

Use the File dialog box to save the placemark or folder to your computer.

Enter the name for the new file, and click Save in the dialog box. The

placemark or the folder is saved to that location with an extension of .kmz.

Important: Placemarks created with Google Earth version 3.0 or higher

cannot be viewed in older Google Earth software. As an alternative, you

can send an image file. See

Saving Images for details.

Opening Saved Placemarks

You can use the following methods to open placemarks and folders saved to

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