Editing Google Earth Placemarks

Back to Google Earth Tips

· Insert a Placemark (use push pin icon)

o Right-click the placemark in the left-side navigation if you need to go back to edit later! Then select “Properties”….

· Give the Placemark a name.

· In the Description box you can use the following HTML code:

<P> To make a new paragraph, put in the P between the "less than" & "greater than" signs. </P>

To make our letters BOLD we use these formatting tags:

<B> Here's my bold text </B>

To make our letters BIGGER we use these formatting tags (with 1 being the smallest setting):

<font size="5"> My big letters </font>

<font size="1"> my small letters </font>

To make our letters BIG and BOLD use both! [(nest the codes like parentheses & brackets)]

<B> <font size="5"> my big and bold letters! </font> </B>

To insert an image, use this formatting tag making sure to use the FULL file name with directory path:

<img src="C:\googleEarthPix\3G_001.jpg">

NOTE: The file name & path above (C:\googleEarthPix\3G_001.jpg) is just an example. You would use YOUR file’s full name & path. And if you want to send the placemark or show it someplace other than on your computer, you will want to actually put a URL in place of the filename & path. The URL will point directly to a picture on a publicly available website, such as www.flickr.com/.

IMPORTANT NOTE regarding images!!!!….. Google doesn’t like to have spaces in the file name & directory path! That’s why it’s best to use a file folder & picture name without spaces! Also…. EDIT THE PICTURE so it is resized for looking good in the Google Earth Placemark! (In Microsoft Office Picture Manager, you could use the Resize settings that are “Predefined” for Web – small (448 x 336 px).

Here is a sample Placemark & what it produces: