Features




 * Google Earth Features **

Some of the great FEATURES that Google Earth has to offer are listed below with brief descriptions and useful information to help you use Google Earth with ease and to its fullest potential.

2D and 3D view Allows the user to view cities and popular geographical features (Grand Canyon, Mt. Everest, etc.) on earth in an astatically pleasing way
 * = [[image:top_down.jpg width="171" height="137" caption="Bird's Eye View"]] ||= [[image:tilted.jpg width="166" height="138" caption="3D tilted view"]] ||

3D Building Viewer Allows the user to see buildings in 3D as they would appear to look in real life
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Real-Time Traffic Shows the user what traffic speeds are on heavily traveled highways
 * [[image:traffic.jpg width="298" height="201" caption="Tilt View of Real-Time Traffic Speeds"]] || [[image:traffic1.jpg width="248" height="201" caption="Bird's Eye View of Traffic Speeds"]] ||

Street View Shows what it would look like 360 degrees around a desired location if you were standing in that particular spot on that particular street
 * [[image:street_view.jpg width="268" height="222" caption="Street View"]] || [[image:svspheres.jpg width="273" height="222" caption="Street View"]] ||

Boarders and Labels Allows the user to turn on and off desired boarders and labels of the area they are viewing. Some of the boarders and labels that are available show countries, states, cities, roads, bodies of water, etc.
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Weather View Displays real-time cloud cover and weather radar. It will also give the local weather temperature and forecast for the areas that are being viewed.
 * [[image:google-earth-weather.jpg width="292" height="226" caption="Real-Time Cloud Cover"]] || [[image:imagesCA9PUTB9.jpg width="273" height="232" caption="Weather Forcast in Google Earth"]] ||

Navigation Tools Allows the user to zoom in and out, rotate the view in a 360 degree range, and tilt the view to get a different angle on the terrain
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Historical Manager <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Allow the user to see how a particular place has changed over time via a timeline bar on the interface menu
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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Ocean Layer View <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Shows how the ocean floor looks with accessible National Geographic videos in particular destinations
 * media type="youtube" key="6ATw1f_qcEg" height="262" width="348" || [[image:google-earth-ocean.jpg width="315" height="264" caption="View of the Ocean Floor"]] ||

<span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Record A Tour <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Allows the user to make and record a personalized tour, which can be saved and watched at a later date. This tour allows the user to bookmark destinations or points of interest and then record the virtual tour in the order in which the user wishes it to be seen at a later date.


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<span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">Fly To/ Business/ Direction Searches <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;">Allows the user to navigate with ease to the desired location with one of the featured search options
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