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HOW TO make Google Earth Movies, for Free!

Great how-to. The free version of Google Earth does not allow you to do certain things, like produce paths. So, I hacked that together by editing the .kml file in WordPad (ah, brings back memories of html before wysiwyg editors). After producing some stunning tour animations on-screen, I quickly wanted to be able to save them as a movie. The problem is, you can not save movies unless you buy the $400 Pro version of Google Earth, plus the optional Movie Maker module for God knows how much more. The heck with that! I figured once it was displayed on my screen, I should be able to save it. So I did. Link.

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Posted by: unclerob on July 15, 2005 at 8:25 AM

Are you across the street from Gillogly Chevrolet?

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Posted by: dscotch on July 18, 2005 at 8:05 AM

Yup, Gillogly is across the street.
Nice catch!

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Posted by: Torben on October 12, 2009 at 9:51 AM

gone

sounds amazing, but the link is broken.

can you guide me to it?

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