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In June 2005, a few months after the appearance Google Maps Google introduced the program Google Earth

Google Earth - “virtual globe” program Google, with which you can view a 3D model of the Earth, high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery, and various layers of data.

The Russian version of Google Earth has Google name Planet Earth.

The program was originally released by Keyhole Inc. and was called Earth Viewer, and in 2004 it was sold to Google.

To visualize the image, a three-dimensional model of everything is used globe(taking into account altitude above sea level), which is displayed on the screen using DirectX or OpenGL interfaces. The user can easily move to any point on the planet by controlling the position of the “virtual camera”.

Official website of the program http://earth.google.com

Exist different versions programs:

Google Earth - Free Version

Google Earth Pro (price = $400 per year) - the ability to save images in graphic file with more high resolution.

License for commercial use.

Google Earth - Enterprise Solutions

The free and premium versions use the same geodatabase (imagery and additional layers).

Key Features free version Google Earth.

— Path distance measurement

— Printing and saving pictures

— Opening in Google browser Maps

— Search functions for places and routes, quick navigation by coordinates

— Review of places (tags) — automatic flight

— Available a large number of additional data that can be connected at the user’s request. For example, titles settlements, reservoirs, airports, roads, railways, and other information. In addition, for large cities there are more detailed information- street names, shops, gas stations, hotels, etc.

- Users can create their own markers, draw paths and polygons, overlay their images on top of satellite images (these can be maps, or more detailed images obtained from other sources, as well as 3D models!). These marks can be saved in KML files and share with other users of the program

- Photo navigation - some high-resolution photos support the ability to navigate through them

— Adding photos

— 3D viewer settings

— Using hotkeys

— The program has a built-in flight simulator (to launch it, press Ctrl + Alt + A).

— In version 4.2, Google Sky mode appeared, allowing you to view the starry sky.

- When you hover your mouse over an area, Google Earth shows the approximate date the images were taken at the bottom of the 3D view window

— Display of the Sun and sun rays

- Set a starting location - You can set a starting point (default) that will appear every time you launch Google Earth.

- Using Google Street View - viewing 360VR panoramic images

In February 2009, Google released version 5 of Google Earth, which added the following features:

— “Historical Images” mode—it became possible to switch versions of images, i.e. move in time.

— Added a 3D model of the planet Mars. Satellite images individual areas of Mars are made in high resolution.

- Now you can move underwater. The surface of the world's ocean floor is a 3D textured model.

— Tour recording tool. Using this tool, you can record your movements in Google Earth, accompany them with voice comments and save them in KML format.

In Google Earth, you can use the “relief” layer to display a 3D model of the Earth’s surface.

There is also a layer that includes loading 3D models of buildings (gray primitives and photorealistic ones).

Building models are created by Google specialists and users using a special 3D editor Google SketchUp.

In May 2008 Google introduced an API for viewing Google Earth in a browser window.

The Google Earth API does not work in all browsers. For example, he refuses to work at the Opera. The browser must support ActiveX.

To work in Google mode Earth requires a special plugin to be installed.

First, you need to download the GoogleEarthPluginSetup_en.exe installer (299Kb), when launched, the googleearth-plugin-win.exe plugin itself is downloaded (its size is > 6.5MB).

Then you are prompted to restart the browser. After reboot you need to allow the browser ActiveX installation. We see the message:

With plug-in Google module Planet Earth has a problem. Try reloading the page.

Reboot. After rebooting Google Earth worked in the browser!

The speed and control of the Web application are the same as in full-fledged program Google Earth.

Developer Guide (English) http://code.google.com/intl/ru/apis/earth/documentation/index.html

If you already have a key for Google API Maps, then to use the Google Earth view mode you need to add one line to your code

map.addMapType(G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP);

Then when you open the map page in your browser you will see the following

Appeared new button map type – Earth, by clicking on which you will see a map in Google Earth mode (you must first install the plugin).

View a working example and source Can .

One of the main and most interesting features Google Earth programs - search for any objects and places using previously known coordinates. To do this, you need to enter the required data in the search window specially designated for this. If you are working with the program for the first time and do not know How to enter coordinates in Google Earth, then read this article and follow the steps described here step by step.

Before we begin directly entering coordinates into Google Earth, we will understand the terminology, which will greatly facilitate the process of searching and entering them. For any point on the planet, the latitude is first indicated, and then the longitude. As an example, consider the coordinates of London Big Ben. For him:

• latitude - 51° 30" and 3" N;
• longitude - 0°, 7" and 28" W.

The degrees (°) are indicated first, then the minutes (") and seconds ("). The letter at the end (“N”, “W”, “E”, “S” or “C”, “Yu”, “Z”, “E”) is the cardinal direction (north, south, west and east, respectively). It turns out that the coordinates for London Big Ben will read like this: fifty-one degrees thirty minutes and three seconds north (N symbol) latitude (since it is always indicated first) and zero degrees, seven minutes and twenty-eight seconds west longitude .

Instructions for entering coordinates

• Open Google Earth and wait for it full load(you need an Internet connection to work).
• At the top of the screen, find the “Add” tab and select “Label” from the drop-down list.
• You can also use hotkeys to quick access To required function(indicated opposite the name). For “Mark” this is a simultaneous pressing of the “CTRL”, “Shift” and “P” buttons (English layout).

• A window will open for entering coordinates as shown in the screenshot below. In our instructions we use Big data Ben's but you can try any others. To do this, just use the search or find out the coordinates of any important geographical object on Wikipedia.
• Enter the width in the “Width” field, and the longitude in the “Longitude” field.
• In the very top margin Enter a clear name for the label.

• Now, in the same window, click on the “Description” button or in the “Label name” field. After this, you will move to the point you just entered.
• To save the label, click on the “Ok” button or “Cancel” to delete changes made(in this case, the screen will not move anywhere and you can continue your observations).

Now you know how to use coordinate search in Google Earth and you can easily find any object. To get closer and take a closer look, use the mouse wheel.

Below are the coordinates interesting places in Google Earth:

• Alcatraz Prison - 37° 49" 35.91" N 122° 25" 22.11" W
• Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - 51°23"21.07"N 30° 6"1.03"E
• Buran on Baikonur - 45°55"10.74"N, 63°18"36.73"E
• France, Eiffel Tower - 48°51"29.54"N 2°17"39.69"E
• Egypt, Pyramid of Cheops - 29°5841N 31°753E
• Italy, Leaning Tower of Pisa - 43° 43 22.72, 10° 23 46.86
• Stonehenge - 51°10"43.88"N 1°49"35.01"W
• Greece, Akropolis - 37°58"16.69"N 23°43"34.10"E
• Sydney Opera House - 33°51"24.34"S 151°12"54.17"E
• New York, Statue of Liberty - 40°41"20.46N 74°02"40.66W
• Pillau Fortress, Russia, Baltiysk, 54° 38" 32.56"N, 19° 53" 16.09"E
• London Big Ben - 51°30"3.34"N 0°7"28.72"W
• Rybachy village, nuclear submarine base: 52°55"9.98"N 158°29"21.44"E
• Alcatraz Prison: 37° 49" 35.91" N 122° 25" 22.11" W
• Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant: 51°23"21.07"N 30° 6"1.03"E
• Abandoned ships of the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident 51°17"3.48"N, 30°12"47.93"E
• Forgotten part of the missile attack warning system (not far from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant): 51°18"22.37"N 30° 4"1.21"E
• Buran on Baikonur: 45°55"10.74"N, 63°18"36.73"E
• France, Eiffel Tower: 48°51"29.54"N 2°17"39.69"E
• Pos. Zvezdny, parking for trains with nuclear missiles: 57°41"26.60"N 56°17"56.14"E
• NASA space tracking station. 35°24"8.54"S 148°58"52.69"E
• And Bill Gates lives here 47°37"39.93"N 122°14"31.20"W
• Britain, Stonehenge: 51°10?43.88?N 1°49?35.01?W
• Egypt, Pyramid of Cheops: 29°58?41?N 31°7?53?E
• Italy, Rome, Colosseum: 41°53?24.65N 12°29?32.85E
• Britain, London - “Big Ben”: 51°30?3.34?N 0°7?28.72?W
• USA, Los Angeles, “HOLLYWOOD”: 34° 8?2.64?N 118°19?17.98?W
• Peru, Image of a face measuring 5x4 km on the rocks 16°20"5.58"S 71°57"39.72"W I looked at an altitude of 35 km.
• Kazakhstan, Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch site - 45°57?45.36?N 63°18?34.62?E
• Jerusalem, Western Wall, 31°46?35.7?N 35° 14?4.1?E
• Vatican, St. Peter's Church, 41°54?7.49?N 12°27?22.41?E
• Italy, Leaning Tower of Pisa, 43° 43? 22.72?, 10° 23? 46.86?
• France, entrance to the Channel Tunnel, 50°55?20.34?N 1°46?54.84?E
• Britain, entrance to the Channel Tunnel, 51° 5?49.17?N 1° 9?20.50?E
• Fac on the field 53°32"19.24"N 1°20"48.18"W
• Fascist symbols in buildings 32°40"36.63"N 117° 9"27.32"W
• Drawings in the Peruvian Nazca Desert (center of the circle) - 14°41"18.31"S 75°07"23.01"W
• Stonehenge - 51°10"43.88"N 1°49"35.01"W
• London - "Big Ben" - 51°30"3.34"N 0°7"28.72"W
• Washington - Pentagon - 38°52"16.39"N 77°3"27.76"W
• Cape Canaveral Spaceport - 28°29"7.66"N 80°33"38.13"W
• Baikonur Cosmodrome (one of the launch sites) - 45°59"46.06"N 63°33"50.18"E
• Cosmodrome "Plesetsk" ( low resolution) - 62°42"42.05"N 40°18"1.36"E
• Aztec City - Teotihuacan (Mexico): 19°41"33.17"N 98°50"37.63"W
• Cuicuilco - 19°18"5.73"N 99°10"53.14"W
• Greece: Akropolis: 37°58"16.69"N 23°43"34.10"E
• London, Heathrow Airport: 51°28"39.16"N 0°29"2.50"W
• Flying car in Australia: 32° 0"42.42"S 115°47"10.49"E
• Flying boat, in Buenos Airos: 34°36"29.85"S 58°21"52.79"W
• Hoover Dam, USA, border of Arizona and Nevada: 36° 0"56.40"N 114°44"15.29"W.
• Niagara Falls: 43° 4"40.36"N 79° 4"31.48"W
• Egypt: Pyramids of Giza: 29°58"41"N 31°7"53"E
• Rome, Colosseum: 41°53"24.65N 12°29"32.85E
• New York: Statue of Liberty: 40°41"20.46N 74°02"40.66W
• Germany: Cologne Cathedral: 50°56"29.21"N 6°57"30.58"E
• Paris, Notre Dame: 48°51"10.70"N 2°21"00.10"E
• Volgograd, statue of the Motherland: 48°44"32.47"N 44°32"12.93"E
• Sydney Opera House: 33°51"24.34"S 151°12"54.17"E
• Paris: Eiffel Tower 48°51"29.54"N 2°17"39.69"E
• Paris: Palace of Versailles: 48°48"15.84"N 2°7"19.15"E
• Berlin: Reichstag: 52°31"7.20"N 13°22"33.94"E
• London: Towerbridge: 51°30"19.56"N 0°4"32.00"W
• Rio de Janeiro, Moroccan Stadium: 22°54"43.51"S 43°13"48.33"W
• Miami, Star Island: 25°46"36.92"N 80° 9"2.10"W
• Spain: Barcelona: Stadium for 120,000 people: 41°21"52.94"N 2° 9"20.71"E
• Ostankino TV tower: 55°49"10.97"N 37°36"44.50"E
• Khodynskoye Field: Former military aviation museum: 55°47"21.77"N 37°32"14.24"E
• Chernobyl contamination zone: Barge cemetery: 51°17"2.83"N 30°12"46.90"E
• Nest of debauchery, island "Ibiza" 09°01"02.50"N 79°36"44.40"W
• American Naval Base 36°57"30.16"N 76°19"45.15"W
• The Palm Jumeirah 25° 6"55.53"N 55° 8"5.18"E
• Hummingbird in the Nazca Desert 14°41"31.83"S 75° 8"56.72"W
• Kennedy assassination site 32°46"44.38"N 96°48"31.34"W
• Place of death of the legendary Titanic - 41°43"35"N 49°56"54"W
• The city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: 51°24"20.35"N, 30°03"37.34"E

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geography teacher,

MBOU Secondary School No. 3, Chelyabinsk

Appendix toGoogle Maps- programGoogle Planet Earth. Quick Guide user.

Google Earth(English) GoogleEarth) is a project of the Google company, within the framework of which satellite photos all earth's surface. Photos of some regions have unprecedented high resolution.

Russian version Google Earth called Google Earth.

The program's Internet address is http://earth. .

The address from which you can download and install the program is http://earth. /intl/ru/

As it is written on the official website of the program, with its help you can: “take a trip to any point on the planet: see photographs taken from a satellite, look at maps of the area and buildings in three-dimensional images, fly into space and sink to the bottom of the ocean. A wide selection of geographical materials is at your disposal. Plus, you can save your favorite landmarks and send them to friends.”

Google Earth 5 Features:

visual materials on world history; exploring the underwater world with ocean researchers; travel with the possibility of audio and video recording.

Google Earth interface.

The figure shows some of the elements available in the main Google Earth window, and below is a description of them:

1. Search bar. Used to search for locations and routes, and to work with search results. Google Earth EC may show additional tabs.

2. Review map. Used to view the Earth's surface from different angles.

3. Hide or show sidebar. Click to hide or show the sidebar (Search, Places, and Layers panels).

4. Add a label. Click to add a pin for a specific location.

5. Add a polygon. Click to add a polygon.

6. Add a path. Click to add a path (line or lines).

7. Overlay an image. Click to add an image overlay to the Earth's surface.

8. Record a video tour.

9. Show historical photos

10. Illuminate the landscape with sunshine. Click to display sunlight on the landscape.

11. Switch between Earth, Sky and planets. Click to view the Moon, planets, stars, constellations and galaxies.

12. Show ruler. Click to measure distance or area.

13. Email. Click to email the current view or image.

14. Seal. Click to print the current view of the Earth.

15. Show in Google Maps. Click to view current location in Google Maps in the browser window.

16. Navigation controls. Used to change the scale, viewing angle and rotation (about the same as in Google maps, the only thing that is added is a three-dimensional view)

17. Layers panel. Used to view objects.

18. "Tags" panel. Used to search, save, organize, and quickly navigate to places.

19. Status bar. Displays coordinates, altitude, date of images and download progress.

It is worth saying that for those who are well acquainted with Google maps, working in the Google Earth Program will be quite simple. Many things are understood simply at the level of intuition. You just have to not be afraid and try. Transport yourself in space, change your viewing angle.

View Timeline

When we would like to see the past state of the territory, we can set up a chronology. How can this be done?

Note. The time slider is only available in Google Earth 5 or later.

If you download data that contains time information (such as GPS tracks), you can view the information in Google Earth. For example, you can view GPS tracks for certain period time and visually follow them.

To do this, follow these steps:

Import GPS data or other time-related information as needed. In the Places panel, select this data. Select the Tracks folder and double-click the name of the track you want to view. A time slider appears at the top of the 3D viewer with the time range corresponding to the selected data. Do one of next steps:

To change the time range shown in the 3D viewport, move the range marker to the right or left. To change the time period to earlier or later, drag the time slider to the right or left. The range marker moves with the time slider so that the time range does not change. To play the animation, click the Play button. Note that this only applies if the data part is defined in a time range.

Time Slider Functions

The time slider has the following functions.

To play the animation in action, click on this icon. The animation plays better if the time range marker defines a range that is smaller than a whole period. Press the appropriate buttons to scroll forward or backward. Drag the range handle to the right or left to change the time range of the data displayed. Click here to set options for the time slider. Zoom in or out to change the date range of the selected time period. It makes it easier to view various images available for a selected (shorter or longer) period of time. Please note that as you zoom in or out, the start and end dates change. Move the element to move the time range forward or backward.

Note. The time slider does not appear when recording videos.

Setting history options

You can customize the history display settings. Here's how to do it:

On the time slider, tap the settings icon. The date and time settings dialog box opens. Options include the following:

Start and end date/time. Set the start and end points of dates and times. Display time in. Select the time display type.
Animation speed. Use this slider to set the speed of the animation when you click the play button on the time slider. Repeat animation. Select this parameter for continuous animation playback.

Some reference material

Google Earth Help http://earth. /support/?hl=en

Education 2.0 | Geography lessons with Google Earth

http://www. /watch? v=9aBYMQOHZ_8&p=D8813504CAC42871&playnext=1&index=12

If you want to fly, the program provides a flight simulator. Detailed manual about this http://earth. /intl/ru/userguide/v4/flightsim/index. html

User guide. Using reviews. http://earth. /intl/ru/userguide/v5/ug_touringplaces. html

Good luck! Travel with GoogleJ Maps

Fun education from google planet earth

Good April day to you, dear friends! You know who is in touch 😉 Today I have prepared for you a new video about such a program from Google: planet earth. Somehow before, about 5 years ago, I downloaded this program for myself - there was nothing special about it.

However, over the past time, the Google Earth program has been significantly updated and now there are opportunities that I could only dream of before, in my totalitarian childhood...

So, meet the application for personal computers Google Earth:

to other cool materials on the site! Very soon there will be more videos about interesting educational Internet services!

Download link for the Google Earth app

Text version

The relevance of the Google Earth application for modern learning

The Google Earth app can be used to teach a wide variety of subjects. Thanks to the three-dimensional display of architectural objects located on our vast planet, the application’s capabilities can be used to teach history, cultural studies, architecture, geography...

In addition, the program will be very relevant when teaching Astronomy (at a university) and natural science (at school), since it has a mode for viewing the starry sky at the point where you are now virtually located!

Well, read about what could be improved in the program at the end of the article.

Features of the Google Earth program

3D display of ground objects

So, you have downloaded and installed the application. Next, click on the launch icon on your desktop:

The following window will open:

Let's look at the most important features. To go to any place in the world, enter the search query you need into the search box (4). For example Dubai. The application will automatically determine in which country this glorious city is located.

If there are several cities with the same name, then the Google Earth application will offer all the countries, and then you can choose what you like.

After entering search query and click on Enter key or Search, the globe will be coolly treasured and you will see the desired city from above - as if from space. Then you can use the scroll wheel to bring it closer or further away.

3d city view

In field 2 of the Google Earth application, select the 3D building option, hold down the center mouse button and turn in the left direction. The city will immediately appear in 3D. I recommend stocking up on a plastic bag - many people may feel sick out of habit 😉

Recording video tours

On the toolbar (5), select the “Add” -> “Video Tour” button. A recording icon will appear in the lower left corner that you can click on.

Now all your movements on the map will be recorded. Next to the record button there is a microphone button. It will allow you to record a speech for such a virtual video tour.

View other planets

The Google Earth application allows you to do more than just view earthly objects. On the panel of the most frequently used tools (6) there is a Jupiter button:

You can click on it and choose where you want to go: to Mars, Luga, or take a walk through the starry sky... The choice is yours!

Finally, remember one thing important feature programs: while one option is enabled (for example, a video tour), other program features are automatically disabled.

Disadvantages of the program Google Earth

There is no possibility to view objects in real time. Perhaps this is already compatible with espionage... 😉 But in the future, why not make this an option?

There is no way to make a video tour from other planets to Earth... maybe it will appear in the future.

The program requires a high-quality Internet connection, which is not available in all educational institutions.

But overall, I really liked the Google Earth application, and I think you will too!

Best regards, Andrey Puchkov

Google Earth (in the Russian version "Google Planet Earth") is one of Google projects, when used online, you can view photographs of any region of the globe. Unlike Google Maps, Google Earth first downloads a client program that gives additional features that others don't give similar programs. Photographs of certain regions have fairly high resolution.

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