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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.load never calls callback

I am trying to use the Google Earth plug-in, and have found that it's rather particular about how it is called: if called outside the main flow of the Javascript execution (via setTimeout, for example), it simply refuses to call the load callback.…
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Unable to load a local KMZ file into a browser with the google earth plugin using fetchkml function

We have a KMZ file that loads into the Google Earth Desktop application just fine. No errors. When we try to use the Google Earth Plugin to do the same thing, it does not even return from the fetchKml function. Any special settings we need to know…
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How do you change the icon of a placemark entry in a KMLTreeView using the GE Winforms API

I would like to be able to change the icon of placemark entry in a KMLTreeView from a flag to some other custom bitmap. It is not readily apparent to me that this can be done but if someone knows how can you please provide a few lines of code? Here…
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Click placemarker using touchscreen X and Y

I'm using the Google Maps API and trying to drive the GE Plugin from a touch screen. I get back an X, and Y for a given touch and can do something like: var targetElement = document.elementFromPoint(data.x, scaledY); if (null != targetElement) { …
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Organizing placemarks in Google Earth Plugin/KML

I am looking for some insight on if / how I can better approach creating my KML in order to make my data more readable when loaded by via a custom app developed around the Google Earth Plugin. My constraints are: I have no ability to do anything…
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Google Earth API, KML on local Web Server

I am trying to load a .kml from a webserver that we use to host our company intranet on, will this work?! The GE API loads up fine but does not currently display the KML file?! Also I cant seem to paste the code without bits being missed off, any…
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Google earth plugin alt 10.00 error on IE

I insert a simple map on my website, but just on Internet Explorer it doesn't work. I tested it on IE8 and IE9, but it gives me a white screen with "ALT 10.00" written on it. I'm using version 7.0.1.8244 of the plugin Google Earth on Windows. Any…
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Obtaining GE Plugin Client Coordinates

I am writing a WinForms application with a WebBrowser control. I use Google Earth Plugin in this application, and need to create some placemarks on Google Earth. Depending on the current range (zoom level) some of the placemarks may be very close to…
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Is there any workaround for disabling the "auto tilt when zooming" feature of the Google Earth plugin?

Recent versions of Google Earth are shipping with a feature called "Auto tilt when zooming". If enabled, Google earth automatically tilts the camera towards the horizon as you zoom closer to the surface. This feature can be disabled from within the…
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CSS in Google Earth plugin

Just wondering if it is possible to style a pop-up balloon via an external/linked .css file, rather than inline styles ?
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Looking at location with Google Earth API

I am trying to use the Google Earth API to create a simple view of the globe with a search field in which the user can type a location. When they hit go, the globe will zoom in on the location they typed in. I would like the view to be looking…
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Get ground altitude in a reliable way

How should a program determine that the Google Earth API has fetched an accurate altitude for a location? The Google Earth Plugin API has the following method to get ground altitude: double GEGlobe.getGroundAltitude(double lat, double…
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Google Earth Plugin API - How can I get the current map scale?

I have an application which hosts a Google Earth Plugin instance and I'm interested in getting the current scale of the map and use it in my application. I know I can use the GEOptions and set the Scale Legend visibility, but I want to use the…
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Google Earth plugin balloon text not showing in Qt QWebView

I have managed to get the standard Qt 4.7.4 QWebView demo to work with the Google Earth Plugin by overriding the userAgentForUrl() method. However, pointing the browser to the standard Google Earth Code Playground I notice that none of the placemark…
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Drawing an animated line in the Google Earth Plug-in

Is there a way to incrementally draw a line in the Google Earth Plug-in using the JavaScript API? If that's not possible, is there a round about method to achieve the same effect? What I want to achieve is similar to this:…
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