Google Earth Help

To Download and View in Google Earth

1-   2-     3-   Download Google Earth: Install Google Earth if it is not currently installed on your computer.  To download software and view the hardware specifications, go to Google Earth.     Download KMZ file:  Right click on        , select Save Target As...  Save and unzip file to desired location.     Open KMZ file in Google Earth:  There are 2 ways to open a file in Google Earth. a.) Open Google Earth, from the menu select File > Open.  Browse to saved location (step 2).  Press Open.  Browser will zoom to dataset. b.) Open Windows Explorer, browse to saved location, and double click the kmz file.  Google Earth will open and zoom to dataset.

GIS Help

To Download and Import into GIS

1-   2-     3-   1-    2-         Download ESRI file:  Right click on        , select Save Target As...  Save and unzip file to desired location.    Follow directions based on icon image           The globe icon with the letters SHP under it represents a GIS shapefile.            Once unzipped, using a GIS viewer, browse to the shapefile to view.           The globe icon with the letters COV under it represents a GIS coverage. The GIS coverages are zipped ArcInfo interchange files (.e00).  The files need to be imported back into a shapefile before you can view them in a GIS.       Import .e00 file to a shapefile:   There are a few ways to do this. a.) ArcMap 9.1 (ArcInfo license) The Import From Interchange File tool can be found In ArcToolbox under Conversion Tools> Conversion> To Coverage. b.) ArcView 3.X: Use the Import71 Utility that is shipped with ArcView. It is located under the ESRI folder (\ESRI\AV_GIS30\ARCVIEW\ BIN32) called Import71.exe. Import71 will create a shapefile which can be read by ArcView. c.) If you don't have a GIS       1- To import the .e00 file to a shapefile, download Import71.exe from ESRI's website.       2- To view the shapefile in a GIS, download ArcExplorer (free GIS browser) from ESRI's website.