Moving the slider towards the positive (+) brings you closer to the surface of the Earth.Clicking the top arrow moves your view towards the North Pole.

The four arrows in the move joystick moves you around the globe.

The four arrows in the look joystick (has the eye in the middle) moves the globe within the frame (look around).Rotating around the circle changes your orientation (students will find this especially fun or frustrating if they are not aware how they changed it in the first place.) Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels and get the driving directions.You can click and use your mouse to spin the globe. When in Google Earth, you will first see a globe.Imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to search and find geographic Using Google Earth First, download a free version of Google Earth. View with your placemark - right click over the placemark and click on Write a description for your placemark.Ĭhange the view of your placemark by changing the tilt.Move the placemark so that it is over your house.Click on the new Placemark icon or press Ctrl+N.Place a placemark on your house / your school:.Search for a 3D building in Google Earth.Use Google Earth resources to find interesting Google Earth files for use in class.

Open Google earth kml file generated from the Google maps portion.

Google earth v google earth pro