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Contents at a Glance Introduction .................................................................1 Part I: Getting to Know Google Earth .............................7 Chapter 1: The Earth According to Google .....................................................................9 Chapter 2: Finding Businesses, Places, and Things .....................................................23 Chapter 3: Adjusting Your View on the World ..............................................................39

Part II: Personalizing Google Earth ..............................49 Chapter 4: Fine-Tuning the Program ..............................................................................51 Chapter 5: Adding Layers and Points of Interest (POIs) .............................................65 Chapter 6: Pinning Down Placemarks............................................................................85

Part III: Becoming a Cybertourist ..............................103 Chapter 7: Going on Tour ..............................................................................................105 Chapter 8: Mingling with the Community ...................................................................117 Chapter 9: Importing Data and Images ........................................................................131 Chapter 10: KML: It’s Sorta Like HTML........................................................................145

Part IV: Advanced Features .......................................177 Chapter 11: Designing with Google SketchUp.............................................................179 Chapter 12: Designing with Google SketchUp, Part 2 ................................................195 Chapter 13: Creating Polygons and Other Complex Structures ...............................221 Chapter 14: Digging Deeper with Google SketchUp ...................................................237

Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................257 Chapter 15: Ten Great Places to Get Coordinates ......................................................259 Chapter 16: Ten Reliable Sources for Data Files.........................................................275 Chapter 17: Ten Cool Tools ...........................................................................................289

Part VI: Appendixes ..................................................299 Appendix A: Glossary ....................................................................................................301 Appendix B: Default Content of the All Layers Pane..................................................309 Appendix C: Latitudes and Longitudes of Major Landmarks ...................................319

Index .......................................................................331