1. Dr. Sandra McLendon-Dr. Mac Southern Wesleyan University

3. You can use placemarks to mark any location on the planet. Once you have created a placemark, it appears in the My Places folder in the Places panel. You can then quickly go to the marked location at any time by double clicking the placemark in the Places panel. Additionally, you can edit, move, share or delete any placemark.

7. You can insert Web site addresses in the Placemark.

8. Links in Google Earath This link will work, but it is not pretty, and we want it to look pretty in our Virtual Field Trip.

9. Right Click on the Placemark and choose Properties in order to edit the Placemark. We will edit the link to make it look nice.

10. In order to make the link look pretty, right click on the Placemark to edit the Properities. Edit the link and add text: <a href=&quot; http://www.nps.gov/fosu / &quot;> Historic Fort Sumter Information Then click Ok.

11. You will then see a pretty link that will take you to Historic Ft. Sumter. Now, what if I want to add a pictures to this Placemark?

12. In order to make the link look pretty, right click on the Placemark to edit the Properities.

13. Go to http://www.geopackrat.com and click on Files. Go to Ft. Sumter Map and Right click on it. Then click on Properties.

14. Select the Address of the image and copy the address. http://teachers.spart5.k12.sc.us/taylorte/googleearth/images/ftsumter_small1.jpg

15. Select and Right click on the Placemark and click Properties. Paste the Address of the image into the Description. Then Click Ok.

16. When you Click on the Placemark, you will see the address that will take you to the image. However, this is definitely ugly. So we need to make it pretty.

17. When you Right click on the Placemark, Click on Properties to edit the Placemark. The add this to the address: <img src=&quot; http://teachers.spart5.k12.sc.us/taylorte/googleearth/images/ftsumter_small1.jpg &quot;> You will have a pretty picture and a pretty link.

18. You can upload you pictures to http://www.panoramio.com and then give them a location so they can open in Google Earth.

20. b) Giving the coordinates You can supply latitude and longitude information in both decimal and sexagesimal formats, for instance: 40.56345 -3.45678. Remember to add a &quot;-&quot; for West longitude and South latitude. Alternatively, you can type them in sexagesimal format 37º 4' 39.11&quot;,-110º 57' 53.09&quot;. The exact place will be shown in the map. Press “Save position” to finish. c) Including coordinates in EXIF If a photo already has coordinates in EXIF (internal information), it will automatically be placed on the map. You don't need to do anything, just upload the photo, but don't press “map this photo”.

21. To insert a video in Google Earth, first got to You Tube or Google Earth and find the video. Then copy the address to Embed the video in the Google Earth Placemark.

23. When you click on the Placemark, you will see the video. You can also upload your own video to You Tube and Insert it into Google Earth.