Beyond Google Earth
This short guide is a reference tool to help refresh your knowledge or practise what you have learned in the Beyond Google Earth online course, including:
- how to use Google Arts & Culture to visit amazing museums and art galleries for free
- how to get up close to famous artworks
- how to Take a Tour in Google Earth.
Taking a tour in Google Earth
Google Earth has a special page full of tours that you can take, which include 360-degree panoramas and interactive maps:
- Visit https://www.google.com/earth/about/gallery to see the tour home page.
- Click on any tour to launch Google Earth in a new web browser tab.
- Each tour is a series of stops or placemarks. To go to the next placemark, click the left or right arrow at the bottom of the screen.
- Click Table of contents to see all the placemarks at once. You can jump ahead in the tour or go back.
- To choose another tour, close the browser tab and go back to the tab that has the Take a Tour in Google Earth page open.
- Some tours show information and photos next to a map, and others use Street View. Use your mouse to move around the map or rotate Street View.
- There are many tours to choose from, including timelapses of how a city grows, the world at night, daily air quality measurements, and much more.
You can take a tour in Google Earth on smartphones, but using the largest screen you have available will help make the most out of the wonderful images and information presented.
Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture transports you around the globe to truly immerse yourself in the world’s greatest artistic and cultural treasures. Google Arts & Culture works with any browser:
- Visit https://artsandculture.google.com to get started.
- Scroll the home page to find something of interest, and click to open it.
- The top menu has additional options to help you discover great content.
- Explore shows highlights and categories, such as Historic Events, Art Movements, and Collections.
- Nearby uses your location to show attractions which aren't far from where you live. You may need to give your permission for your web browser to use your location.
- Click the magnifying glass in the top menu to start a search.
- Navigate Google Arts & Culture pages by scrolling down, or clicking on arrows to progress through slides, images, and maps.
- Look out for recommendations of other things to explore, which are usually at the bottom of the page.
- Google adds new things to Google Arts & Culture all the time, but some items are permanent. Explore high-quality images of famous artworks that let you get close enough to see individual brush strokes, or wander through famous galleries using Google's Street View technology.