Prepared Ground

Guides

How to open the map, and how to read it.

The first set explains the clicks: which Google Earth to open, how to get a file into it, and what to do once it is there. The second explains what each layer means and how to combine them.

Using the map

  1. Quickstart How to open the layers in Google Earth and start filtering — about two minutes.
  1. How to use Google Earth for a land search Which Google Earth to open, how to move around it, and the handful of controls that matter when you are reading land rather than sightseeing.
  2. Import a KML or KMZ into Google Earth Getting a .kml or .kmz into Google Earth on the web, in Google Earth Pro and on a phone, and what to do when nothing shows up.

Reading the layers

  1. Filtering the map in Google Earth What each layer draws, the recipes that answer a specific question, what the map cannot filter on, and every data source behind it.