Basics

An account on Google is not necessary to download and use Google Earth. However, an account on Google is necessary to use YouTube. You can create a new (non-primary identity) email account somewhere, such as Yahoo or Gmail, that you will only use for this class if you’d like. You can then use the Gmail account to login to YouTube. This will keep the courses communications and work in a separate place from your other work, if that is your preference.

To download Google Earth, please go to:

http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html

In addition, the requirements are as follows:

 

This is a video tutorial to introduce the basics of Google Earth.

http://www.google.com/earth/learn/beginner.html

This video tutorial goes over the basics of navigation within Google Earth.