I would really like to see an option right inside (just like image overlays) Google Earth for displaying custom terrain. Having to upload terrain data to remote servers is less desirable.
#Change google earth terrain to grass lumenrt update#
Once I have a chance to try it out myself I will update the post.įrankly, it would be nice to be able to achieve similar results without having to go through the trouble of using the Google Maps Engine online service. Check the web for publicly available terrain data withĪt the moment I am unable to determine whether a Google Earth Pro account is required to be able to view these custom "Google Map Engine" terrains inside Google Earth. You'd like to see realistic elevations for all areas on the globe, youĬan upload and process global terrain data and include it as part of Only in the area that contains the custom terrain data. The remaining areas will be flat unless you add elevation values for If your terrain data covers a limited portion of the earth's surface, Upload the terrain data source (s), specifying information about the data and type of masking. AllĪnd yes, this applies to Google Earth's current/default terrain: Navigation panel of Google Earth is the active terrain layer. You can also add multiple terrain layers to a map. As this could change over time, I will not list those here. The linked instruction page provides information about what file types are currently supported.
Google Earth Client, which produces a 3D view of the terrain.
Process the map, then publish it.Īfter you publish a map with a terrain layer, you can view it in the
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