4 What's new in Google Earth 6.3

I have downloaded the beta version of Google Earth 6.2.1.6014 and corroborating what a user had told me, there are some improvements that are interesting. Although there are other things, for our purposes these 4 novelties seem very useful to me; Although some of this appeared in version 6.2, it seems that now they have added more stability.

1 Enter UTM coordinates in Google Earth directly

It is now possible to insert coordinates in UTM format. For this, of course you have to have the properties configured to show us projected coordinates:

Tools> Options> 3D View And here have configured Universal Traverso de Mercator

Thus, when entering a new position mark:

Add> Placemark

This screen appears, where it is possible to define the Zone, East Coordinate and North Coordinate. Keep in mind that the order could confuse us because we are used to using the X, Y format, while in this case what comes first is the Latitude (Y) and then the Longitude (X).

Not bad, although it is quite poor as it is not possible to do with routes or polygons, and of course it is not possible to get Coordinate lists.

2 Add Photos in Google Earth

This is a new type of object, which adds to those that existed (point, route, polygon and superimposed image), with this you can add a photograph:

Add> Photo

Here you can place an image that may well be local or from the Internet. Turning angle, visibility height, transparency and camera height can be set. Once inserted, when zooming in, it turns off just at the visibility height we have defined. An interesting aspect is that this image can have properties so that when it is clicked it displays data, in any part of the image where it is clicked ... we will see practical uses that can be made of this, beyond tagging photos of the girl in the mountain dream, especially with mobiles or tablets that have orientation support when taking pictures.

Add photo and hyperlinks to an object's properties

This had to be done before A pure html code. Now some buttons have been created to be able to add an image or hyperlink and it applies to points, routes, polygons or photos.

The same thing happens when adding an image.

The other button is used (Add image…), The route is inserted and when the button is pressed Accept:

The html tag that we had previously explained is obtained. It is not a great thing in the background, they have barely facilitated the creation of the html code but there are no image size properties, for example, it will still be complex to insert if someone does not know the language.

Insert network link

This remains to be seen, they have a lot of potential linked to the ability that now comes with Google Earth by embedding a browser that displays data from the Internet without having to leave; not only html but also css. This is done with:

Add> Network link

See that I have added the Geofumadas code that is displayed in the browser, see how it manages to display the entire site, as if it were browsing in Chrome. There is a button that shows the option to open it in Internet Explorer although it opens it in the browser that we have by default.

You can also insert an external digital model, but for now only supports Collada format (.dae).

Until the stable version arrives, Google Earth 6.2.1.6014 Beta can be downloaded From this site