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== Elevation Profile ==

Elevation profile - Earth Help - https://support.google.com/earth/answer/181393?hl=en

Either go to Edit > Show Elevation Profile, or right-click on your path from the Places panel and select Show Elevation Profile.

== keyboard shortcuts ==

r - reset tilt and compass

== Reverse Path ==

Google Earth does not have this feature built in.

There is an easier way:

# Export kml file.
# Go to bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php
# Click 'Load Route' and import the kml file
# Reverse route
# Save route as kml file
# Import again in Google Earth.

how to reverse a path - Google Product Forums - https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/earth/MghurQRxTRs/lcaIQDD-hQkJ

== GPX Remote Timestamp ==

no_time_gpx.py:
<pre>
# This parses out the time element of a gpx for Google Earth
# Author: Kenneth Burgener (2015)

import os
import sys
import optparse
import fnmatch
from sys import argv
import xml.sax, xml.sax.saxutils

class my_filter_xml(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
def __init__(self, outfile, verbose=False):
self.output = xml.sax.saxutils.XMLGenerator(outfile, 'utf-8')
self.indent = 0
self.ignore = False
self.output.startDocument()

def startElement(self, name, attrs):
print " " * self.indent + "start: " + name
if attrs.keys():
keys = " " * (self.indent + 2) + "attrs:"
for key in attrs.keys():
keys = keys + " " + key + "=" + attrs[key]
print keys
self.indent = self.indent + 2
#self.output.startElement(name, {})
if name == "time":
self.ignore = True
#if not self.ignore:
self.output.startElement(name, attrs)

def characters(self, ch):
if ch.strip():
print " " * self.indent + "ch: " + ch.strip()
if not self.ignore:
self.output.characters(ch)
else:
if not self.ignore:
self.output.characters("\n")

def endElement(self, name):
self.indent = self.indent - 2
print " " * self.indent + "/end: " + name
#if not self.ignore:
self.output.endElement(name)
if name == "time":
self.ignore = False

if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print "Remove time stamp in GPX file for Google Earth"
print "Usage: %s tracks.gpx" % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(1)
print "Parsing %s..." % sys.argv[1]
source = open(sys.argv[1])
dest = open(sys.argv[1] + ".notime.gpx", 'w+')
xml.sax.parse(source, my_filter_xml(dest, True))
print "Done parsing to %s.notime.gpx!" % sys.argv[1]

</pre>

== Geocaching ==

== Issues ==

=== Failure to Install on Windows 10 ===

=== installer error 1603 ===

Error:
The installer encountered error 1603

Solution:
* This just means that Google Earth was already installed. Uninstall the previous and reinstall.

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