Google Earth For Dummies
Introduction
Want to stroll down the Champs Elysees in Paris? Feel like taking a personal
look at the Great Wall of China? Or perhaps you’d like to explore
the island of Tahiti on your lunch break? Thanks to Google Earth, you can.
With Google Earth, you can forget the Frequent Flyer miles. All you have to
do is plop down in front of your monitor to see the world up close the easy
way. No lousy airline food, no baggage claim, no customs line — just plain fun!
And I’m not just talking about some plain old maps here. Google has gone to
the trouble to bring you the latest in high-tech GIS (Geographical Information
Systems) — and has done it right. Although the program can easily compete
with most of the high-end GIS software around today, Google Earth isn’t just
for the cognoscenti: It’s for the masses.
About This Book
Yes, there is such a thing as love at first sight. I fell in love with Google Earth
about 30 seconds after I installed it. I found but one thing lacking. As several
other Google Earth users once lamented, there was no such thing as Google
Earth For Dummies.
Well, now there is. This is the book that I wish I had had on my desk during
my early explorations with this fabulous program. It’s designed from the
ground up to provide you with all that you need to know to get the most from
Google Earth from the very start.
In this book, you’ll see not just how to spin a digital globe on your screen but
also how to dig into all the wonderful features that Google Earth has to offer.
That means that you can find — in a single resource — everything from how
to search for pizza parlors to understanding how latitude and longitude work.
