Google Earth

It may seem somewhat quirky to add comments and photos on a virtual map, but you can use it in quite a practical way.

With the release of Google Earth and Google Maps, location photography has become a lot easier to get thing done with these two apps, one can easily organize an array of photos in an entertaining and informative way.

Virtual Tours Map

There is a close relation between Google Earth and Maps, but it can’t be simplified that Google Earth is nothing more than Google Maps covered around a virtual sphere with additional information layers.

These file formats have also been linked in a clearer and closer way as well and because of this it becomes easy to work with both these applications in a simpler and easier way. If you also want to do the same in a easier way, first you need to take a start with Maps and then include those features which are attributed only to the Earth.

Developing of map

Your first step is to go into your Google account and after logging in just click on the menu Maps and then on My Maps. Here you can create New Map and use a description for it.

You can add details in it by clicking on the Edit button where you will find some more icons on Map windows top left. There are Drag tool from right to left that include the Path marker, Place marker dropper and the Area marker.

You can return to the Maps just click on Drag for the usual zoom and drag mode. You can use some other tools to include some more information in the available maps.

Adding photos

You can add markers and photos by utilizing three ways; however, you will find the Placemarker system the best if you are looking to create the best version for the web. Similarly, you next best option is the Panoramia photo library that allows you to add a photo to some location.

Adding a Placemarker

You can navigate to the location in the Maps and can click on the dropshaped Placemarker icon on top left. The mouse begins to serve as icon floating copy and you can easily drop it on map location that you are looking to highlight. No you need to drag this location for fine and nice tuning. Having done this, a dialog box can be seen for the marker and you can also get the other shapes of the marker just clicking on the top right icon. Now you can add your photos using HTML.

Sharing the map

After adding all the stuff like placemarkers, photos and various other features, the entire list can be saved as a map and you can embed in on some web page for developing a static clickable tour with complete placemarkers that almost all can view.

Adding Photo Overlays

Photo Overlays is, indeed, a nice feature in the Google Earth and with the help of this feature, you can add some levitating photos in the given earth location. Though it looks nice, you would find it somewhat tricky to use, but you will find it a good option for less functional, but more decorative tours.

Making a tour

If you have dotter some photos on Google Earth, these can be combined with the help of a video fly-through. Now after developing an overlay of the photos, you need to include them in locations Earth’s list that is given in the left sidebar.

Sharing a tour

After getting all things done, you need to save this tour as a file just making a right click on tour in Earth and selecting it as Save Place As which allows you to make KMZ file that can be emailed to other people and you can also upload to a website.