Help with Google Earth files
30 09 2009![]()
Two types of downloading problems have caused headaches for students trying to get these files.
Because of this, I’ve pushed the quiz deadline back to Friday at 5pm.
Both problems have easy solutions:
1. When you are offered a choice between “open the file” and “save the file”, chose “save”. [This is almost always a better choice; running a file directly as a download is a good way to get a computer virus]. Once the file is saved, then you can click on it and run it.
2. Your browser may try to download these files as a “zip” folder. You need to over-ride that by changing the last part of the file name.
Make it “.doc” if it is a Word document.
Make it “.kmz” if it is a GoogleEarth file.