* Explore rich geographical content
* Zoom from outer space to street level
* Search for business locations
* Visualize your GPS tracks and share with others
* See 3D buildings and add your own models
* Go back in time with historical imagery
* Dive beneath the surface of the ocean
Installing Google Earth:
Download Google Earth to your home folder from here
Open the terminal from Applications > Accessories > Terminal and type following commands
cd /home/nikesh
chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Follow the on screen prompts to complete the installation.
You will see Google Earth icon on your desktop after the installation is complete.
At the same time it will also give you an option to launch it for the first time after the installation is complete.
Run Google Earth by selecting Applications > Internet > Google Earth.
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HEY WAIT A MINUTE - I did as you instructed, but the terminal gave:
mark@Lexington-19-Karmic:~$ cd /home/mark/Downloads
mark@Lexington-19-Karmic:~/Downloads$ chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
mark@Lexington-19-Karmic:~/Downloads$ sudo sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin
[sudo] password for mark:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 5.2.1.1588..............................................................
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Document is empty
^
setup.data/setup.xml:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found
^
Couldn't load 'setup.data/setup.xml'
oh, looks like the setup file got corrupted, please download it again and try ...
same error here...
Latest version doesnt work with Ubuntu 10.10
It gives an error in setup.xml and there is no fix for it, yet.
Try to use the repository version at medibuntu.org (version for lucis)
check this for ubuntu 10.10
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/fix-google-earth-crashing-on-startup-in.html
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