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=Creating a Trip in Google Earth=

Create a Folder for Your Trip
1. Locate the Places panel on the left side of the screen. 2. Right-click the My Places label. 3. Choose Add > Folder. 4. In the resulting window, give the folder a name. 5. Click OK.

Finding a Location
1. Type a location in the search box. 2. Press Enter or click the magnifying glass to start the search. 3. Verify that Google Earth found the correct location. If it did not, refine your search or move the map.



Adding a Placemark
1. Once you have successfully located the landmark or location, click the Add Placemark button on the toolbar. It looks like a yellow pushpin. 2. You can drag the pushpin so it precisely marks the landmark or location. 3. Give the placemark a name. 4. If you would like, you can customize the pushpin and label color. You can change to a custom icon by clicking the small pushpin button to the right of the placmark label field. 5. Click OK. 6. Notice that the location now appears in the Places pane. 7. Drag the new placemark into the trip folder created earlier. 8. Repeat steps 1 through 7 to add additional places.



Organizing the Trip Folder
1. Once the placemarks are set and in the trip folder, you may need to arrange them in your desired order. 2. Verify that all of the placemarks are nested within the trip folder. 3. Drag the placemarks to rearrange them. Look for a horizontal line to appear between items; the horizontal line indicates where the placemark will end up.

Playing Your Trip
1. In the Places panel, click the folder that contains your placemarks. 2. At the bottom of the Places panel, click the play button. 3. Google Earth should fly to each placemark in the folder, pausing briefly at each pushpin.

Adding an Image to a Placemark
1. Double-click the placemark from the Places panel. 2. After reaching the destination, right-click the placemark from the list in the Places panel. 3. Choose Add > Image Overlay. 4. Label the overlay. 5. Paste the image’s web link or browse for a local picture. 6. Use the corner and center manipulators to size and move the overlay. 7. Click OK when finished. 8. Follow steps 1 through 7 to add more overlays.

Saving the Trip
1. Once you are happy with the trip, placemarks and images, you need to save the file so others can view the trip in Google Earth. 2. Select the virtual trip folder from the Places panel. 3. Choose File > Save > Save Place As. 4. Save the file; it has a file type of KMZ. 5. Post the KMZ file to a network drive or a wiki page.

Pausing a Tour
Check out [|this link] to learn more about customizing your tour.

=Google Earth User Guide= Google provides an [|online guide] to Google Earth. Please note that the guide is for a slightly newer version of Earth; it may look a little different from what you have on the CFF laptop.

Check out my last three summer vacations: [|Virtual Trip.kmz]