Non Boaty puter expert question

[Renegade_Master]

So I downloaded Google earth on my office PC, brilliant can zoom right in to Marina for instance and see me boat.

Downloaded it on laptop at home, I get the earth, zoom in and all I have is yellow border outlines, black background and place/ street names. No photographic details? Any ideas?

 

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Tools,

Options,

3DView Tab

Try "Open GL", Try "Use Safe Mode".

Try clicking some other random buttons on this page.

Or if really brave, install the latest graphics drivers.

 

[GRR]

Windows 7

There are issues with Google Earth and Windows 7 running in Open GL mode

 

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There are issues with Google Earth and Windows 7 running in Open GL mode

I have just tested this, and it works acceptably for me (using reasonably up to date NVidia drivers).
Worth a try, I think.


It's also worth trying to turn off "Atmosphere" from the "View" menu.

More detail here:
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=20713

And more tests for connectivity problems here:
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=117452

 

[Renegade_Master]

There are issues with Google Earth and Windows 7 running in Open GL mode

on windows XP

 

[Renegade_Master]

got it on options set it to DirectX

 

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Whatever works

 

[Hurricane]

When you've got it working, Clive, have a look at Mars - its fantastic.