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August 31, 2005
Offline Google Earth Use
For those of you wondering what happens to Google Earth (GE) when you don't have an Internet connection, the amazing thing is that it will work. But, it only works with what you have installed in your cache. If you anticipate taking your laptop somewhere where you won't have a broadband connection, you can still use GE for a limited area of viewing. Or you can use it for doing a demonstration somewhere without an Internet connection.
First, go to the menu item Tools->Options and select the "Cache" tab. You can make the cache size as large as 2000 MB (i.e. 2 Gigabytes). This will give you more data to work with. Then, you need to move to the area you want data for and zoom into that area. The most recent things you have looked at will be what's in your cache. I think you need to turn on the layers for the information you want cached as well (for example, 'roads' or 'dining'). You also might want to turn on any of your placemarks related to the region you want to look at.
It doesn't take much of an area to fill up the cache. Especially if the area you are viewing has lots of high-res pictures. But, I read about someone using this in the remote areas of Africa with a GPS and a laptop to find his way around.
There is also a tip that you can save your cache(s) under different files and then swap them out to look at different areas (read about it here). Could be useful if you were travelling without Internet access for a prolonged period of time.
Posted by FrankTaylor at August 31, 2005 09:11 AM
Comments
Posted by: Cody Brown at September 18, 2005 09:03 PM
How can i get cache for goole earth without online with internet?
Posted by: Upak at February 28, 2006 07:48 AM
Well, not getting one in the first place is a bit more challenging. I imagine you could copy the cache file from someone else's computer. But, I'm not sure if this would work. You could ask about it at the Google Earth Community ( http://bbs.keyhole.com/ ).
Posted by: Frank Taylor at February 28, 2006 08:28 AM
Please provide info. on how I may use Google Earth on my laptop in the field to map remote sites (waypoints) and produce tracks etc. I am in the NT and believe Google earth may be a valuable resource to help me. I currently use other GIS software such as Fugawi and Arcinfo but yours is more global and user friendly. I currently have a Magellan or a Garmin GPS linked to my laptop in the field.
Thanks
Posted by: mark at September 29, 2006 12:50 AM
Great Information!!!
Posted by: IT at December 11, 2006 08:12 AM
Posted by: BX11 at December 17, 2006 01:46 PM
i have problem to increase the cache memmory..
how i increase the cache memory..
and one another question..
how i will convert google earth files into shap files
regards
amin uddin
Posted by: amin at January 27, 2007 01:08 AM
Posted by: sar at April 20, 2007 06:10 AM
Hi,
I need to cache an are of aprox 100mile radius to be cached without zomming in and looking at every street. How can I do it in GE?
Thanks
Posted by: mazhar at April 27, 2007 02:18 PM
can we use a search menu in Google-Earth(Fly to,find Bus., directions) without connecting to internet (offline)?
Posted by: Ijal at April 28, 2007 11:34 AM
Do you have updates from other country which is not focus clearly? Thanks
Posted by: edgar at September 11, 2007 01:17 AM
Just wanted to post a vote for better support from google for off-line keyholing. I do a lot of 4x4ing, so it would be great to be able to download what I need -- by state, region, whatever.. I don't care about wiki-pages or panoramio photos, I just need to see the terrain. Also, using OS X....
Posted by: Jason at September 19, 2007 02:21 AM
Thanks for the info. I was just looking for ways to use Google Earth on a Windows XP computer that is not connected to the Internet. Infact I have been curious about it for a while now - but never really went into it.
Is it at all possible. Say I create the cache in another computer (that's on the Internet) and move the cache to my offline computer - will the cache work on the offline computer?
Posted by: ddas-edEN at November 30, 2007 03:18 AM
That's all good, but the question is: How to cache compelete earth areas automatically "without the need to navigate each place as it would take ages to do this". That's poessible?
Posted by: Ahmed Mahdy at November 30, 2007 06:15 AM
I just want cache file for my whole country, my country is Myanmar.Can anybody help me
Posted by: oscar.yk at November 30, 2007 12:18 PM
Is it possible to add two cache files, i mean not overwrite. somebody answer me please. Thank you !
Posted by: oscar at December 3, 2007 09:30 AM
I am adding a lot of 3d models from google sketch up to google earth and want to be able to present them thru my lap top without an internet connection. I save the models, dae, files to my c drive and repathed them. Everything is realy slow because the files are so large. Can I work offline to present the models in google earth? It also seems clumpsy to try and move my places from one computer to another, the kmz file is huge. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome
Posted by: ccowie at February 12, 2008 09:41 AM
Caching the whole of Google Earth would be like caching the internet ... all of it.
Not possible.
Posted by: Barry at February 21, 2008 09:43 AM
Hi,
I have created a Google Earth file with placemarks that are linked to .gif files (i.e. you click on the placemark, and an image pops up).
I would like to be able to save my 'creation' so that it is available on other computers / networks, etc. When I email the .kmz file, or save the .kmz file to CD and try to open elsewhere, the Placemark links don't work.
My question is: how do you save the .kmz file as a whole (complete with files linked to within placemarks)? IS this possible?
Thanx for (anyone's) help!
Jay
Posted by: jay at March 4, 2008 03:06 PM
Were does gogole earth get all the maps and everything.
is there something like google.com/...
because if there is you could make that url work offline with Internet Explorer and you would not need internet connection, but would need alot of memory to store it.
Posted by: Bob at April 2, 2008 08:16 PM
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