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Google's virtual globe application that allows users to view 3D buildings, imagery, terrain, any other information stored in KML files.

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information software application that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

It maps the Earth with images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and 3D globe combined with multiple independent layers such as border labels & outlines, roads, 3D buildings, traffic/weather data, and more. Additional information can be viewed by opening other KML files, and the software allows new KML files to be easily produced.

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Google Earth stereoscopic 3D browsing

One of the things I like very much in Google Earth is Flight Simulator. It would be great if one could use a red-cyan glasses for 3D effect using stereoscopic (anaglyph) rendering. On Windows there are a few solutions - is there something similar…
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How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu?

I love the Google Earth program in windows, but what does it take to get it to run in Linux and on Ubuntu?
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Google Earth crashes when opened

I recently downloaded the Google Earth .deb file for 64-bit from here. And I installed it with: sudo dpkg -i google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb And I of course also installed all of the other necessary dependencies with: sudo apt-get install…
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Map is not full screen in Google Earth Pro

I have installed Google Earth Pro 7.3.0.3830 (64-bit) on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. When I launch Google Earth Pro, map is shown in very small window. I have un-installed and re-installed but the problem is as it is.
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Where can I get an application to work with my kml files?

I have files in .kml format. In windows 7 I opened them with Google Earth, but Google earth for Linux wrongly determines the place of workout on map. What application can I use to work with these files?
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Unable to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 16.04 64bit

Make sure the lsb-core package is installed! Open a terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal (in the Panel) or from the Dash (in new Unity desktop) and type (or copy-paste) the following command into the terminal: sudo apt-get install…
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Google Earth not install on 14.04

I'm trying to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 14.04 and get the following error. The problem show up using dpkg -i to install the .deb downloades from Google site, beside I tested with Ubuntu Software Center too. Exists similar questions in this site…
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Google Earth does not show any map

I have the same problem as is described here but that question does not have an answer and its OP does not seem like they will ever answer the arisen questions. I installed google-earth-pro-stable_current_amd64.deb via sudo apt install on Ubuntu…
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Failed to fetch Google Earth 32-bit

Running sudo apt update, I got this error: W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/dists/stable/Release Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) How do I…
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How to fix fonts in Google Earth 6?

I downloaded and installed Google Earth 6 64-bit from its website. And then like many users, I also encountered the ugly fonts on starting the app. I've tried installing lsb-core and ttf-mscorefonts-installer, but I found that both are already…
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How to correct Google Earth's "invalid HTTP request" notice?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04. As you might know Google Earth 7 doesn't work in Ubuntu 12.04 yet. I installed Google Earth via make-googleearth-package --force command. My installation was successful. At the beginning everything was working fine. But…
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How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 11.10?

I found a tutorial, but it explicitly notes that it is for 11.04. Based on your own experience, is it also applicable to 11.10? Based on your own experience, does it work to just download and install the .deb file from the official page?
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How can I get Google Earth working?

I would like to install Google Earth under Ubuntu 10.10. Under v10.04 there were some problems. Has anyone been able to get it working satisfactorily? Was Wine used?
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How to get Google Earth installed via .DEB?

Now I've really messed things up. A long time ago, I installed Google Earth via a binary installer from Google (v5.1, I think). Google now has version 6 available as a .DEB, so I decided to install that. However, that seems to have messed up both…
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Google Earth and $BROWSER environment variable

When I click on a picture in Google Earth to view it in full-screen, it shows me this error message: Could not launch any web browser. Please make sure you have set the $BROWSER environment variable to the filename of the web browser we should…
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