New To Google Earth.

[+Weary Banker & Bookworm]

I was recently told how good Google Earth was and how easy it was to get from the 'My Account ' page.

I have tried to download the 'Geocache Browser in Google Earth' and it appears that I have downloaded a file but when I try to open it, I am getting a message asking what to use on this KML file.

What have I missed or what do i do next.

 

As you may suspect, it will be necessary to keep your reply in very-easy-to-follow language!!.

 

Thanks...............John

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

Have you actually downloaded Google Earth itself? The down load from GC is just a filter which sits on top.

 

The free version can be down loaded from Here

 

Dave

[+MarcoXono]

I am getting a message asking what to use on this KML file.

 

It sounds like you haven't yet installed Google Earth.

 

Download Google Earth from http://earth.google.com (the free version is all you need), and install it on your PC.

 

Then, download the 'Geocache Browser in Google Earth' from the 'My Account' page. This .kml file is an add-on for Google Earth.

 

Open the .kml file - Now that Google Earth is installed, it should open using Google Earth.

In Google Earth, you should now see 'Geocaching Network KML' in 'Places'.

Zoom to closer than 500 miles, and up to 150 cache locations will be displayed.

 

Hope that helps

[+Weary Banker & Bookworm]

Excellent service. Thanks guys, I now have it up and running and I have to say that it looks very impressive.

 

Is there an online 'instruction book' to show what I can do with it. I am thinking particularly, at the moment about, only showing caches that I havent found, for instance.

[+Wizard William and Team Morris]

Hi fellows.

You could look up my recent thread which still has entries on it today which will answer many of your questions. You will have to scroll through the forum pages to find it though as I have no idea how to link to it. I now have caches sited from satellites which is fantastic.

[+tteggod trackers]

this forum is your online "instruction book" !!!!!!!

[+McDeHack]

As mentioned a short while ago on the other thread on this subject. I have only just started looking at the GC connection and Google Earth that I have had for some time.

Looking at some of my caches I find that they are not in the correct place and the co-ords are not the same.

any one else found this?

This could be misleading if useing as a guide to the actual cache. But then I feel that ones GPS would be trusted more than the Google plan.

[+Maingray]

As mentioned a short while ago on the other thread on this subject. I have only just started looking at the GC connection and Google Earth that I have had for some time.

Looking at some of my caches I find that they are not in the correct place and the co-ords are not the same.

any one else found this?

This could be misleading if useing as a guide to the actual cache. But then I feel that ones GPS would be trusted more than the Google plan.

 

The caches from that link are ..erm... purposely "obfuscated" by a certain random value by Groundspeak, and will therefore display in random offset positions. It's why they will also jump around when you scroll around in Google Earth for a bit and they next re-appear.