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The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages for viewing on Windows or Mac devices. The Google Earth API has been deprecated as of December 12th, 2014. The API will continue to work on supported browsers until December 12th, 2015, and will shut down on that date.

The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages which can be viewed on Windows or Mac devices.

Supported browsers

The Google Earth Plug-in supports the following browsers (source):

  • Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7, and 8)

    • Google Chrome 5.0-39.0 (32-bit)
    • Internet Explorer 7-9, and 10-11 with Compatibility View (32-bit) (Note that the Windows 8 browsing mode with Internet Explorer does not support plugins.)
    • Firefox 11.0-34.0

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.6 or later (any Intel Mac)

    • Google Chrome 5.0-39.0 (32-bit)
    • Safari 3.1+
    • Firefox 11.0-34

The plugin is not supported on Linux, nor any mobile devices.

Because the Google Earth Plug-in is based on the NPAPI platform, support for Chromium-based browsers will end when NPAPI support is removed in September 2015.

The Google Earth API has been deprecated as of December 12th, 2014. The API will continue to work on supported browsers until December 12th, 2015, and will shut down on that date.

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Google earth plugin key pressed event javascript hookup

Is there any way to receive a key-press event from the Google earth plugin. I saw that GEWindow has a click event for the mouse but I need to capture the key pressing in any form. Thank you for your help.
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How to load a Google Earth map zoomed in rather than starting from space?

I have a set view to start on when loading the Google Earth API from my website, but it starts from space and then zooms in rather than starting on this zoomed-in view. This is wonky for the viewer particularly because my view is from the north…
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Can Google Earth API be used without internet connection?

http://en.opensuse.org/Google_Earth This unlike Google maps needs to be installed on the computer. If I get the map somehow on my harddisk, will I be able to use the Google Earth API without internet?
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How to get & zoom to an average extent of multiple placemarks?

I have a collection of point placemarks spread across a small area over the google earth plugin, how can I get an average extent (bounding rectangle) of a subset of these point placemarks and zoom to that extent? Regards, Shiva
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Using network link along with self-signed web server

I have a simple KML view in a browser using Google Earth plugin. The simple KML is just a network link to a placemark being served by a web server, so the URL to the data is something like https://foo.com/data. But this does not work. The plugin…
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Whats the best pratice to show multiple placemarks with photos inside of the ballons?

I have a project as follows: Several photos are taken from a mobile, the photos are saved in a web system, which in turn displays the photos on google earth that is inside it. I've read many articles but all of them were using fetchKml, one good…
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JavaScript In KML Ignored By Google Earth Plugin

I've created a simple KML file that works in the standalone Google Earth client, but won't work at all in the Google Earth Plugin (regardless of browser):
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Google Earth Api- own pictures

Using the Google Earth API I have created some placemarks at specific coordinates. Now I would also like to place an image at the same coordinates as the placemarks in order to show the users something more meaningful than the default marker icon.…
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Invoking JavaScript Method via COM Interface

I am working on a project to interface Matlab and Google Earth Plugin. My idea is to use COM interface, in which the MATLAB as COM-Client and Google Earth Plugin in Internet Explorer 9 as COM-Sever. But until now, I still don't have idea how can I…
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Calculate range and altitude of the Google Earth KML LookAt element to fit all features (polygons)

I have several polygons drawn on the surface in google earth plugin. I generate a KML from them. Question is how can I calculate parameters for the LookAt so that the view includes all the polygons when open in the desktop Google Earth? For lat and…
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Downloading Google Earth API Library

Is it possible to download and host the Google Earth API JS Library? I have some pages and Chrome Extensions based on it and I don't want to migrate to the WebGL Google Maps API or Cesium HTML5 platforms. I would at least like to keep some legacy…
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Geocoding in Google Earth API using Maps V3

I have developed an application a while ago using GE plugin. In that application, I use the Geocode function which depends of course on (maps, 2.xx). With the deprecation of Google Maps V2, this part of the code is no longer working. My code is…
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setAbstractView() prevents mousedown events from propagating to KmlFeatures

Using the Google Earth plugin, I want to be able to allow the user to select placemarks on the ground while the camera is moving, but am not sure how this is possible. It seems that when you call setAbstractView(), even with the flyToSpeed set to…
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Search String Value placemarker in Google Earth API KML File?

Trying to create search box for Google Earth API Plugin for javascript I am able to parse KMLFile and load in GE API and now I have to embed search by Placemarker name loaded by KML. Code using Lat & Long var lookAt =…
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Google Earth Api - programmatically enter StreetView mode

I'm trying to give google earth api a start point which I get back from Google map Api v3(I have lat and lng). The thing I want to do is give a location to Google Earth and it can automatically moved to street view level. So far what I did can only…
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