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Once you have installed Google Earth, you may want to explore various tourist places around the world. At the same time you may also want to view some very interesting information being published for Google Earth in the form of data layers by other folks on the web. Anyone can publish content for Google Earth using our geographic markup language (KML).
Below are examples of sightseeing spots, informative tours, live information feeds and more. These showcase the places and type of information you can expect to find in Google Earth. Note: You can view and save them under the "Places" panel in Google Earth to revisit later. (You must have Google Earth installed in order to be able to load these KML and KMZ files.)
Go Sightseeing in Google Earth - Featured Places
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Here are some interesting sightseeing spots for you to begin exploring places in Google Earth. Click on a thumbnail to see the image in full size. Click on the 'Open File' link to fly to these places.

Grand Canyon
KML Open File
 Eiffel Tower
KML Open File
 Golden Gate Bridge
KML Open File

Tour Places in Google Earth - Featured Tours

Below are a few virtual tours and guides to interesting places around the world. Click on the image or the open link to start these tours.

Maxim
 Discovery
Discovery Channel video tours of landmarks, cities, national parks, and scenic wonders.

KML Open Discovery

 Turn Here
Free city video guides for travel, restaurants, hotels, local events and music.

KML Open Turn Here

 Da Vinci Code Tour
Real-life locations of note described in a little-known, obscure book/movie called "the Da Vinci Code".

KML Open Da Vinci Tour

 The Jane Goodall Institute: Gombe Chimpanzee
Follow the life of chimpanzees and conservation efforts in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

KML Open Gombe Chimpanzee

Find and Share Information in Google Earth - Featured Feeds

Below are some feeds from users sharing information about various places directly in Google Earth. Click on the image or the open link to start these tours.



Panoramio
An extensive collection of shared photos from around the world.

KML Open Panoramio

Maxim
 Placeopedia
Collection of Wikipedia articles with their places.

KML Open Placeopedia

Earthbooker
Global discounts on hotels.

KML Open Earthbooker

Booking.com
European hotel reservation service.

KML Open Booking.com

CBS Seismic Monitor
Display of real-time, worldwide earthquakes.

KML Open CBS Seismic Monitor

 Google 3D Warehouse
3D buildings and other 3D content created and shared by Google Sketchup users.

KML Open Google 3D_Warehouse

More ...

Travel and Leisure Top 500
 The 500 hotels Travel + Leisure readers named the greatest in the world.
Avian Flu
 A catalogue tracking the spread of the disease in humans and birds.
Shakespeare
 89 placemarks showing almost all the places quoted in Shakespearan plays.
Forbes 10 Most Expensive Homes
 From the $40,000,000's.

Links ...

Google 3D Warehouse
The website where 3D buildings and other 3D content gets uploaded.
Google Earth Community
 Over 500K members sharing and viewing places of interest.
Google Earth Blog
Frank Taylor's blog describing "the amazing things about Google Earth."
Ogle Earth
 Stefan Geens' blog about Google Earth.
FBO Web
 A real-time, 3D view of all current inbound flights to seven airports.


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