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Google Earth - A world exploration tool
Authored by: JKT on Jan 23, '06 01:25:52PM

Does anyone know how to change the default first view that appears when you start the app - I'd like to switch it from the US to the UK (what can I say... it's where I live)?

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Google Earth - A world exploration tool
Authored by: Uist on Jan 23, '06 03:54:47PM
I have (only a few moments ago!) managed it.

I have only tried this on Windows, so I can't guarantee that everything is exactly the same, but try the following:

Go to the view that you want Google Earth to open up with. (I have set the British Isles)

In the "Places" pane, scroll down to the bottom, where there is a place labelled "default" (blue, underlined, just like a URL).

Then either

Right click the "default" label, and choose "Snapshot View" (I know, but 'control' click might work)

Or

Click beside the link, so that the area around the link is selected, and choose "Snapshot view" from the Edit menu.

Voila! Hope this is helpful - let us know if it works for you

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Google Earth - A world exploration tool
Authored by: solipsism on Jan 23, '06 10:54:37PM

That worked just liked you stated. It still starts off showing N. America but immediately flys to wherever you saved the snapshot too.



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Google Earth - A world exploration tool
Authored by: JKT on Jan 24, '06 09:35:41AM

Great! Thanks that did work. :-)

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