Mercinova's Google Earth Tutorial

Tutorial how to use Google Earth
 

 

This page is the tutorial to using Google Earth software for exploring the sky space, other tutorial for exploring the Earth can be found if you click on the menu below:

Exploring the Earth (click here to open other page)

	Exploring the sky

This tutorial is divided in three pages, each page explaining one of three menu panels that available in the Google Earth screen, this page is explaining how to use Navigation Control Panel, other Menu Panel tutorial can be accessed by clicking in the links below:

Navigation Control Panel Tutorial

The Navigation Control Panel located on the upper right side of screen, contain two on-screen control panels with different functionality. Follow the explanation below:

The "Hand" Wheel Control Panel

On the top side of control panel you will see the big circular button with the hand symbol on the center, different from The Earth version, there is only one circular navigation control, this control panel has two functions, to rotating and to moving the sky object view.

Rotating the object

Clockwise direction Click and hold the mouse pointer on the right side of circular wheel, when you rotating this wheel on clockwise direction the sky view will also rotating in clockwise direction.   Counterclockwise direction Click and hold the mouse pointer on the left side of circular wheel, when you rotating this wheel on counterclockwise direction the sky view will also rotating in counterclockwise direction.

The North direction You can making the North direction of the sky view back to the top by double clicking the "N" symbol on the wheel.

Moving the object

To make the sky object view move you can click the arrows in the circular button, to the left, right, up and down directions, look at the examples below: Click on the left arrow on the button to move the sky view to the left   Click on the right arrow on the button to move the sky view to the right   Click on the up arrow on the button to move the sky view up   Click on the down arrow on the button to move the sky view down

Moving with mouse Click-hold the left mouse button and dragging the mouse pointer on the screen to make it moving.

The Slider Control Panel

On the bottom side of control panel you will see the slider with plus and minus symbols, this control panel has the function to zooming in and zooming out the sky view, look at the examples below:

Zooming the object

To make the sky object view larger or smaller you can use the slider, look at the examples below: Zoom In Click on the plus symbol or click and hold the mouse pointer on the slider button and dragging it up.     Zoom Out Click on the minus symbol or click and hold the mouse pointer on the slider button and dragging it down.

Zooming with mouse Click-hold the right mouse button and moving it backward to zooming in the map or moving it forward to zooming out the sky view.     Other method for zooming with mouse Scroll forward the mouse wheel to zooming in the sky view or scroll backward the mouse wheel to zooming out the sky view.