Google Earth - Config

Here below you should find adequate information about how to maximize the use of the features and options provided by the software interface.


To hide a module in google earth's sidebar, simply click the black triangle fount to the left of its name (using this method you can not hide the three modules at the same time, at least one must open). To hide all, click the menu View/Sidebar.

In the view menu, you can hide/display the toolbar, the navigation controls, the atmosphere, the compass, the grid (representing the tropics, the equator, the meridian of origin and the parallels ), a mini map and the status bar (indicating the ground coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds).
To switch from window to full screen mode (and vice versa), press [F11].
Last tip in the View menu, you can activate the Sun.A ruler schedule appears on the screen, move the cursor on the exact time and do a complete rotation of the Earth. Then you will see in the dark regions and those in full
sun.

You can find the list of keyboard shortcuts at:

http://earth.google.fr/userguide/v4/ug_keyboard.html

In the Tools menu, click the "Options" to access the software settings:




The options are grouped into five tabs:

• 3D view - here you manage all the settings on the display (choice of graphics mode, fonts, colors, texture, quality of terrain, size of icons, etc..).
• Cache - avoid requestind too often the Internet connection, Google Earth stores the photographs of areas already visited on the hard disk. Here you define the size of the cache memory and disk cache.
• Touring - you set the speed of execution visits.
• Navigation - you configure the mouse, joystick and the navigation controls.
• General - general feartures are listed here, among other options to choose the language of the interface and the mail client.