Google Earth is one of the best free tools for Overlanders. This is a practical guide for creating paths and routes in Google Earth to share or import into your personal navigation hardware.<\/p>\n
To get started, download Google Earth below!
\nGoogle Earth
\nGoogle Earth is a free 3d map application with incredible detail. as a tool for exploration, there is nothing else like it.<\/p>\n
“View satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, galaxies far in space, and the deepest depths of the ocean.”<\/p>\n
You can get started by downloading the application here for Desktop or Mobile. This is an image link:<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n Pan Left & Right<\/p>\n Zoom In & Out<\/p>\n For navigating in Google Earth we highly recommend getting a “Wheel Mouse” if you do not already own one. This makes it easy to navigate, while adding points on the map, using arrow keys to pan and the wheel to zoom in and out. We have found any other configuration to be quite frustrating! Download and install Google Earth on your computer. Hardware acceleration (a good video card) makes navigation smooth and effortless.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Overland Bound is the fastest-growing overland community in the world. There are probably members close to you! If you are looking for adventure, join a community that will support you! We understand the call! <\/p>\n \/**\/<\/p>\n \tInstall Google Earth That is it! If you have an y questions, please let me know in ght comments and I will answer for you!<\/p>\n Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Google Earth is one of the best free tools for Overlanders. This is a practical guide for creating paths and routes in Google Earth to share or import into your personal navigation hardware. To get started, download Google Earth below! Google Earth Google Earth is a free 3d map application with incredible detail. as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","category-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n \tIn left navigation pane, create a folder with the name of the location.
\n \tGo to that location by using the search box in the upper left of Google Earth
\n \tWith the folder selected in the left pane, at the top of the screen, click the\u00a0“path tool”. This will create a path in your folder.
\n \tIn the\u00a0path dialogue, name the path and do NOT close the dialogue box. In the 3D screen navigate the map using the arrows to pan (or W, A, S, D) and the mouse wheel to zoom in and out as needed.
\n \tUse the left mouse button to add points and the right button to remove points.
\n \tComplete your path.
\n \tSave the path by selecting the “OK” button on the path dialogue.
\n \tYou can add markers and icons to the path like, “Beginning” for example, by using the “pin” tool that looks like a thumb-tack.
\n \tOnce done, right-click the path in the left pane and choose “Save Location As” to save a “KML” file. KML files can be saved to gpx format. Save the file to your desktop. This file can be shared with other people who have Google Earth.
\n \tTo convert your file to GPX format, usable by most navigation hardware, go to this website and complete the conversion: KML to GPX\u00a0<\/a>It is free and easy!<\/p>\n