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== Google Earth .kmz files == | == Google Earth .kmz files == | ||
[[Image: Nikumaroro Seamount.jpg|thumb|right]] | [[Image: Nikumaroro Seamount.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
* [http://tighar.org/aw/kmz/GoogleEarth-Niku-Placemark.kmz Nikumaroro] | |||
* [http://tighar.org/aw/kmz/Niku_Seamount.kmz Niku Seamount] | * [http://tighar.org/aw/kmz/Niku_Seamount.kmz Niku Seamount] | ||
''To use .kmz files you must have [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] installed on your computer. Save the .kmz file on your computer where you can find it. Start Google Earth, select File / Open and then browse to the saved .kmz file. Nikumaroro will come into view.'' | ''To use .kmz files you must have [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] installed on your computer. Save the .kmz file on your computer where you can find it. Start Google Earth, select File / Open and then browse to the saved .kmz file. Nikumaroro will come into view.'' | ||
''Bathymetric 3-D viewing is available with Google Earth 5.0. Select "View" and check "Water Surface". In the "Layers" panel, turn on "Terrain". For underwater features and content related to oceans, select "Ocean" in the "Layers" panel.'' | ''Bathymetric 3-D viewing is available with Google Earth 5.0. Select "View" and check "Water Surface". In the "Layers" panel, turn on "Terrain". For underwater features and content related to oceans, select "Ocean" in the "Layers" panel.'' | ||
You may, of course, navigate to these features using Google Earth. Just put "Nikumaroro" in the location box and then click on "Nikumaroro, Kiribati." | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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Google Earth .kmz files
To use .kmz files you must have Google Earth installed on your computer. Save the .kmz file on your computer where you can find it. Start Google Earth, select File / Open and then browse to the saved .kmz file. Nikumaroro will come into view.
Bathymetric 3-D viewing is available with Google Earth 5.0. Select "View" and check "Water Surface". In the "Layers" panel, turn on "Terrain". For underwater features and content related to oceans, select "Ocean" in the "Layers" panel.
You may, of course, navigate to these features using Google Earth. Just put "Nikumaroro" in the location box and then click on "Nikumaroro, Kiribati."
