Learn how to put an article from Wikipedia (i.e. your business entry) on
Google Earth. Once the article has been added to Google Earth, people browsing
Google Earth will see the Wikipedia logo, and will browse to your article when
they click on it.
1. Find
an article you wish to see placed in Google Earth
2. Click
“Edit this page” at the top of the page
3. At the bottom of the article, paste
this text in: “{{coord|LAT|LONG|display=title}}"
- “LAT” is the decimal latitude.
- “LONG” is the decimal longitude.
- "title" is the name of the article.
- Example: {{coord|42.599494|-72.738744|display=title}
4. Check to make sure that the
coordinates point to the desired location of the article by copying and pasting
the code, and then deleting “|display=title”
- Example: {{coord|42.599494|-72.738744}}
5. Click “Show Preview”. You should see a globe
picture, and the coordinates following
6. Click
on the coordinates link.
That should take you to a “Map sources/GeoHack” page
7. Click
on “Hybrid” from Google Maps. That should open the Google Maps page, displaying the
correct coordinates of your article
8. If
the coordinates point to the correct location, press the back button in your
browser twice.
This should bring you back to the preview page on Wikipedia.
9. Delete
the “{{coord|42.599494|-72.738744}}”.
This should leave the code with “{{coord|42.599494|-72.738744|display=title}}
10. Click
“Save page”.
Tips
- The Wikipedia article will not show the link. If you want it to show the link, don't follow step 9. Google will periodically index Wikipedia, looking for these coordinates. It will upload them to Google Earth. This may take a month or two
Source
: www.wikihow.com
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