Today Google is launching a great new feature in Google Earth: Google Earth Tours. With the new Touring feature, content can be viewed as one-click slide show experience. EveryTrail content is now available as Tours in Google Earth. Read the press release is here.
Some featured EveryTrail Tours are below. Just click the links to download these trips into Google Earth.
Tips:
* First download the latest version of Google Earth here
* When Google Earth opens, click on “Start Here” and then on “Play Tour”
* Make sure “Terrain” is enabled: check the Terrain box at the bottom of the Layer section in the Google Earth sidebar
Tierra del Fuego Trek, Argentina
After you downloaded one of the above files, start your Tour by clicking on “Start Here” placemark, and then clicking on “Play Tour”. Enjoy!
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I have created an EveryTrail Trip and everything looks good on your site, including photos and a track record.
I am also trying to make new Google Earth 5 Tours. However, when I create a KML file from my EveryTrail Trip, the photos do not show up. The track is visible, but the Play tour button does not do anything.
I could create my own tour if I could see the photos. This Blog entry implies I should be able to do this and the examples show what I want to do with my own Everytrail trips.
Can you tell me how to turn on the photos in Google Earth? And/or how to use my EveryTrail trips to make a tour like the ones shown here?
[...] the popular GPS track and geotagged photo site, has already announced support for the new tour option in Google Earth 5 (obviously they were beta testers). EveryTrail [...]