Google Earth and Map Projections

By starting Google Earth, the screen shows Earth from a great distance, e.g. from a satellite rotating around the Earth (Fig. 1). The graticule is drawn by using the Grid function from the View menu. Google Earth is a virtual globe which can be rotated in all directions using a mouse.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nedjeljko Frančula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Cartographic Society 2010-06-01
Series:Kartografija i Geoinformacije
Online Access:http://kig.kartografija.hr/index.php/kig/article/view/196
Description
Summary:By starting Google Earth, the screen shows Earth from a great distance, e.g. from a satellite rotating around the Earth (Fig. 1). The graticule is drawn by using the Grid function from the View menu. Google Earth is a virtual globe which can be rotated in all directions using a mouse.
ISSN:1333-896X
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