I Figured It Out…..

Okay — you might already know how to do this — but just in case you were “duh” like me………………….enjoy!!

I am working on a presentation for an upcoming conference on Google Earth…..and I am capturing EVERYTHING with Camtasia (just in case the bandwidth is not available — actually, just in case the internet is not available.)

So, I have everything working just fine — and go to demonstrate the ruler tool.  Which looks just great when viewed from afar……but when you scroll in closer, I was WAY off.  And I could NOT figure out a way to get the ruler to measure accurately from here to there.

So, I ran to google to see if someone wiser than I had an idea (and I twittered my frustration) and though I did not find information that worked…….I stopped for a moment and thought — wait a minute…..Jen, try this…….

So, I went and zoomed into my first destination — and clicked on Tools, Ruler and placed the first dot

Main Street USA, Disneyland.

Then I zoomed out, scrolled over, zoomed in, and clicked on Tools, Ruler — and placed my second dot

Pitcher’s Mound, Wrigley Field, IL

And tada – it worked!!

Now, maybe you knew how to do that…….but just in case you didn’t……….that is ONE way to get the ruler EXACTLY where you want it in Google Earth!!

Jen