Google Earth

Elevation Profile

Elevation profile - Earth Help - https://support.google.com/earth/answer/181393?hl=en

Either go to Edit > Show Elevation Profile, or right-click on your path from the Places panel and select Show Elevation Profile.

keyboard shortcuts

r  - reset tilt and compass

Reverse Path

Google Earth does not have this feature built in.

There is an easier way:

1. Export kml file.
2. Go to bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php
3. Click 'Load Route' and import the kml file
4. Reverse route
5. Save route as kml file
6. Import again in Google Earth.

how to reverse a path - Google Product Forums - https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/earth/MghurQRxTRs/lcaIQDD-hQkJ

GPX Remote Timestamp

no_time_gpx.py:

# This parses out the time element of a gpx for Google Earth
# Author: Kenneth Burgener (2015)

import os
import sys
import optparse
import fnmatch
from sys import argv
import xml.sax, xml.sax.saxutils

class my_filter_xml(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
    def __init__(self, outfile, verbose=False):
        self.output = xml.sax.saxutils.XMLGenerator(outfile, 'utf-8')
        self.indent = 0
        self.ignore = False
        self.output.startDocument()

    def startElement(self, name, attrs):
        print " " * self.indent + "start: " + name
        if attrs.keys():
            keys = " " * (self.indent + 2) + "attrs:"
            for key in attrs.keys():
                keys = keys + " " + key + "=" + attrs[key]
            print keys
        self.indent = self.indent + 2
        #self.output.startElement(name, {})
        if name == "time":
            self.ignore = True
        #if not self.ignore:
        self.output.startElement(name, attrs)

    def characters(self, ch):
        if ch.strip():
            print " " * self.indent + "ch: " + ch.strip()
            if not self.ignore:
                self.output.characters(ch)
        else:
            if not self.ignore:
                self.output.characters("\n")

    def endElement(self, name):
        self.indent = self.indent - 2
        print " " * self.indent + "/end: " + name
        #if not self.ignore:
        self.output.endElement(name)
        if name == "time":
            self.ignore = False

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print "Remove time stamp in GPX file for Google Earth"
        print "Usage: %s tracks.gpx" % sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(1)
    print "Parsing %s..." % sys.argv[1]
    source = open(sys.argv[1])
    dest = open(sys.argv[1] + ".notime.gpx", 'w+')
    xml.sax.parse(source, my_filter_xml(dest, True))
    print "Done parsing to %s.notime.gpx!" % sys.argv[1]

Issues

installer error 1603

Error:

The installer encountered error 1603

Solution:

• This just means that Google Earth was already installed. Uninstall the previous and reinstall.