Travel the world on 3D maps of Goolge Earth

The product of the world's number one search engine has given Internet users a truly fascinating geography and map search tool. Images taken from satellites and airplanes clearly point to every street, roof or transport on the road.

To start the journey, go here to download the free version with a capacity of 13 MB.

After installation, you run the program in the Internet environment. The Google Earth screen is quite friendly with a very large main window showing the map and small windows on the left.

Google Earth program window.

In the Fly to window, you can type in a place name and click the Begin Search button. If this name is on the map, the program will "fly" to the corresponding location. Note: When there are different points with the same keyword, the program screen will display almost completely. Whichever point you choose, Google Earth will automatically open the corresponding website.

If not, you will use the mouse and direction keys to control the globe to where you want. Don't forget that when you want to quickly scan on the map, it is better to buy a mouse with a rolling ring. When you roll this circle forward, you will see closer, roll back, the scene will spread out. When you roll around on the mouse, the point may need to be off the screen - you'll have to use the left, right, up, and down keys to adjust it to the center.

Review the locations visited.

When there is no rolling mouse, notice the upper right corner of the screen. The small circle will show horizontal and vertical ruler bars when you move the mouse close to it. When moving the slider of the straight ruler up, you will see the close-up, moving downwards to see the whole scene. On the horizontal ruler, move the slider toward the right hand, the view will spread across the horizontal plane, making you feel like you're walking on the ground, even though the image is not really full 3D (anyway, the photos all taken from above). When you want to return to the top view, scroll this slider to the left to the maximum. The arrows on the circle act as direction keys.

In the second window from the top down (without the name), you will see a list of places you have visited. When clicking the right arrow button, users will see Google Earth perform all of these locations on its map vividly.

The interesting point of this program is that in addition to the names of places where service providers, you can insert the name of a favorite point (Unicode can be used to type Vietnamese for the title). On the map, click on the point to note. Then, select the Add Placemark icon on the toolbar. A small window appears, name the place and write a description if necessary.

Name and describe for a favorite place.

Now on the Places window, these points will be placed in the default item My Places. When double-clicking on a name, the Google Earth screen will "fly" very skillfully to where it is needed. There is also a feature to show the points visited.

At the last window, Layers, you can select filters for the map. For example, just want to see the rail system all over the planet, just check the Railroads section and leave the other options. The filtering system in the program is very rich, helping you to see only the terrain, administration, inns, shopping places, restaurants, airports, gas stations, ferry stations, ports, tourist spots, parks. . or combine several options together.

When the program scans the image, some points are initially blurry but after a few seconds it will be clear. Often on this map there are some "priority" landmarks and you may notice it has a layer of watermarked images above. Here, streets, buildings . show more detail than other places.

Google Earth Plus and Pro versions also offer clear 3D images and more attractive services, but you have to pay for them.