You should find you can use this to fly along above the route, and if you need to turn a corner you can let go of the joystick and rotate in a new direction, before clicking on the joystick and setting off again. Tilt the view down and rotate the view left or right until you're looking along the route, and when you're ready to set off, you can either grab and drag the 3D screen itself, or you can click on the button in the middle of the navigation control (the 'joystick' in Google parlance) and hold down the mouse button while you move your mouse. Next, zoom in close to the start point (you can do this by double-clicking on the relevant point in the Places panel, as well as panning and zooming manually). This makes hilly country appear in 3D, though the flatter parts of the country will only look hilly if you zoom in very close. If you want to follow the route in 3D, first make sure the 'Terrain' box in the 'Layers' pane is ticked (or, for earlier versions, tick the 'Terrain' box below the main screen). Taking a 3D Walk Along the Route You can zoom in on some areas in great detail, as in this example that shows my route through Dovedale You can do a similar thing with accommodation stops. You can open up folders in the 'Places' panel to see a list of placemarks in alphabetical order, so if you want to track down a point of interest whose name you know, simply open up the 'Points of Interest' folder, track down the placemark and double-click on it Google Earth will then rotate to that placemark. You can, of course, hide these placemarks again by unticking the box. If you click on a blue placemark, Google Earth will pop up a little information window about that place. Try switching on the points of interest by ticking the box next to the 'Points of Interest' folder a collection of blue placemarks should appear, showing various interesting spots along the way. This lists all the different sets of placemarks in my route file, and by ticking and unticking the various boxes, you can hide or show various types of feature, namely the route itself, the accommodation stops, and points of interest along the way. Using the Places Panel The highlands of Scotland are particularly three-dimensional, especially around Loch Ness and the Great GlenĪlong the left-hand side of the application you should be able to see the Places panel. The best way to learn what you can do with the controls is to play with them. You can do this using the controls at the top right of the window (or, if you're using a version of Google Earth earlier than 4, the controls at the bottom). If this is your first time using Google Earth, you might want to zoom in and out a little, pan the view up and down, and rotate the view, to get a feel for what you can see and how you can move it around. See the next section for information on this. When the route first loads up, it shows the line of the route and all my accommodation stope you can also switch a set of placemarks showing points of interest along the way, but at this point they're both switched off to prevent things getting too cluttered. When you double-click on the route file to load it into Google Earth, the globe should rotate round and zoom in towards Britain, eventually showing the route from one end of Britain to the other. Enjoy! Some Basic Instructions The route is marked with start points, end points and places of interest, each of which has a short descriptionįor detailed instructions on using Google Earth, I refer you to the Help system that comes with the software, but here's a quick guide on using my route file.
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All you need to do is:ĭownload Google Earth for free and install it on your computerĭownload my route file (208 KB) and double-click on it to load it into Google EarthĪnd hey presto! Google Earth loads up my route, ready for you to explore. I've put together a file containing details of my route that you can load into Google Earth, and fly along the route in three dimensions, zooming in on places of interest and examining every single footstep of my walk as if you were a bird.
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If you'd like to enjoy the experience of walking from Land's End to John o'Groats without leaving your armchair, then you can do just that using Google Earth (which you can download for free). 3D Route in Google Earth Looking along the route from Land's End towards distant John o'Groats
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