Tracking Santa: I can't install the Google Earth Web Plug-in (mac).. help please! I have six hours to get this working for my nieces... [more inside]
posted by cgs on Dec 23, 2009 - 7 answers

Can you suggest suitable soundtrack music to accompany a Google Earth flyover created from helicopter GPS data? The terrain is dramatically mountainous for the most part. (Or conversely, what would be amusingly inappropriate?)
posted by Miss Otis' Egrets on Dec 1, 2009 - 30 answers

GoogleEarthFilter: I have a bunch of addresses with the value of each house and want to average the values based on region. [more inside]
posted by thewestinggame on Apr 17, 2009 - 5 answers

How can I figure out the distance from multiple locations to one location? [more inside]
posted by jestonb on Jan 29, 2009 - 6 answers

Help me find or create a grid with GPS coordinates of every square mile of the USA. Can I use Expert GPS or Google Earth to do this? [more inside]
posted by Xurando on Jan 10, 2009 - 6 answers

Is there a free (cheap) KML editor, like NorthGates' KML Editor or KaMeLwriter, for the Mac? [more inside]
posted by brokekid on Oct 28, 2008 - 1 answer

GoogleEarthFilter: How can I merge the contents of multiple point-data KMZ/KML files? Long-winded explanation inside. [more inside]
posted by Phineas Rhyne on Jul 15, 2008 - 6 answers

A friend and I are trawling Google Earth in a bar, under the assumption that of all the acoustic mirrors left in the world, no-one has yet identified (on the internet, anyway) the one in Malta. It is supposed to lie north-east of Naxxar, but not entirely sure that this is reliable information. Any ideas for where we could possibly find lat/long co-ordinates or a flat out Google Earth placemark?
posted by jim.christian on Jun 10, 2008 - 8 answers

Google Earth 4.3 added a new feature called Sunlight where one can simulate the lightning on different parts of the world depending on the local time. As you know, the amount of lightning depends a lot on the date (sun is "higher" during Summer and much "lower" during Winter). The thing is I can't find any way to change the date in the Google Earth interface. As a workaround I can change my computer clock date, and this does have an effect, but I was wondering if anybody managed to get this done directly within Google Earth.
posted by V-Turn on Apr 26, 2008 - 3 answers

Please help me re-locate an unusual geological formation on Google Earth. It is somewhere in northern Russia. [more inside]
posted by proj08 on Feb 21, 2008 - 5 answers

I cannot get Google products (GoogleEarth and Picasa) to link to Opera (or Firefox or anything) when they need to open up a webpage. Has my using Opera and Firefox somehow confused these pieces of software? [more inside]
posted by yet.another.boston.question on Apr 13, 2007 - 3 answers

NYCFilter: What neighborhoods am I missing in my google earth mapping? [more inside]
posted by Mach5 on Mar 14, 2007 - 6 answers

What are the chances of me being able to use some Google Earth images in a self-published military history book? We're talking small peanuts black & white images, non high-res, of some military locations in Asia. I expect no more than 100-200 book copies in circulation. [more inside]
posted by calhound on Nov 20, 2006 - 6 answers

Google Earth: Is there a plug-in or standalone app that will make large (say 4000 x 4000 pixel) images of a certain region? [more inside]
posted by zek on Nov 13, 2006 - 9 answers

My son (nine) came across this unnamed, triangular island with airstrips and buildings using google earth. It's quite small, and almost artificial looking, like a built-up atoll. We're pretty sure they've got aliens there. KML file enclosed. [more inside]
posted by craniac on Sep 3, 2006 - 8 answers

Why are the north and south poles invisible in Google Earth? [more inside]
posted by randomination on Aug 25, 2006 - 26 answers

Can I grab the 3-D buildings from Google Earth and play with them in Google SketchUp? [more inside]
posted by pzarquon on Aug 2, 2006 - 3 answers

I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. But when I try to view the town in Google Earth, the whole town is fuzzed out. Why? The Bush dynasty has long been resident in the town, and presumably some of them still live there, but ... the whole town obscured?
posted by words1 on Jul 29, 2006 - 29 answers

Is there a good, easy, or already available way to make an altitude profile from a route in Google Earth? Alternatively, is there another easy (and preferably free) way to do it? [more inside]
posted by JMOZ on Jun 3, 2006 - 9 answers

Need help with a Google Earth based puzzle game... [more inside]
posted by jaimev on May 12, 2006 - 3 answers

I want to flood the Earth! [more inside]
posted by jefgodesky on May 8, 2006 - 8 answers

How can I export a map from Google Earth to a website using the Google Maps API? [more inside]
posted by JudgeBork on Dec 7, 2005 - 6 answers