I have started this thread for members to share Google Earth coordinates of places of maritime interest with other members.
How to post a Google Earth Location
1. Get the place of interest in the middle of your screen on Google Earth, put your pointer over the place of interest and write down the coordinates which show up at the bottom of the screen where it says POINTER.
2. Start a new SN posting and copy the following coordinates into the posting as a template: 54°42'49.51"S, 63°52'6.74"W.
3. Edit the value of the coordinates to be the same as those you wrote down earlier and add information about the location you are recording. Put the place of interest as the title of the posting.
4. Before you make the posting, check that your coordinates work by moving to another location in Google Earth, paste the coordinates back into Google Earth and press Enter to fly to the location.
5. If you got it right complete the posting, otherwise correct the coordinates and test them again.
How to use a Google Earth Location
1. Copy the coordinates from the SN posting by highlighting it and using Control-C.
2. Switch to Google Earth and select the Fly By button.
3. Paste the coordinates into the search box and press Enter.
(Note SN member Jaigee reported that he could not use Edit-Paste with Google Earth but using Control-V works fine - as I always do that anyway I was not aware of this limitation) Brian
Enjoy your world tour!
(PS if anyone finds problems with these instructions please send me a PM explaining the difficulty and if necessary I will edit this posting for the benefit of others.)
Brian
How to post a Google Earth Location
1. Get the place of interest in the middle of your screen on Google Earth, put your pointer over the place of interest and write down the coordinates which show up at the bottom of the screen where it says POINTER.
2. Start a new SN posting and copy the following coordinates into the posting as a template: 54°42'49.51"S, 63°52'6.74"W.
3. Edit the value of the coordinates to be the same as those you wrote down earlier and add information about the location you are recording. Put the place of interest as the title of the posting.
4. Before you make the posting, check that your coordinates work by moving to another location in Google Earth, paste the coordinates back into Google Earth and press Enter to fly to the location.
5. If you got it right complete the posting, otherwise correct the coordinates and test them again.
How to use a Google Earth Location
1. Copy the coordinates from the SN posting by highlighting it and using Control-C.
2. Switch to Google Earth and select the Fly By button.
3. Paste the coordinates into the search box and press Enter.
(Note SN member Jaigee reported that he could not use Edit-Paste with Google Earth but using Control-V works fine - as I always do that anyway I was not aware of this limitation) Brian
Enjoy your world tour!
(PS if anyone finds problems with these instructions please send me a PM explaining the difficulty and if necessary I will edit this posting for the benefit of others.)
Brian
