Tracking Rothes and Mallachie

The data on Google Earth has now been updated. It shows that Mallachie has been wandering much further afield.

Thanks Tiger. Looked earlier and no change! Good news to see Mallachie is spreading her wings and looking for pastures new.

Unknown said:

Teresa,Thanks for your help,but the earth is still flat.

That is as far as I got yesterday,even got map references up.

Browse says it does not exist

What next.?

Thaanks John

Hi John

Ah, everyone knows the Earth is flat...!

I presume you're not seeing any of the contours? The default Google Earth view is as if you're looking directly down, so they're not really obvious then.

To see the terrain better, you need to change the angle you're viewing from.

Hold down the 'Ctrl' button (usually in the bottom left-hand corner of your keyboard) then click and drag on the map to adjust the angle. It's a little bit tricky to start with but have a play around and get a feel for it.

Eventually you should get something like this (part of Nethy's pre-migration wanderings from last year)

You can also change your 'altitude', either by using your mouse wheel (if you have one) or by using the slider controls in the top right-hand corner of the screen. You can also change the direction you're looking in (the default is north).

Hope this helps. Let me know if not...

John

My message was just to confirm that you were in the right place for pasting the URL and an alternative way of posting which usually works better for me.

I don't have a clue how computer literate you are but if it was me I would completely uninstall Google Earth then re-install it.  That would get rid of any changes you might have made.

I'm not sure if this helps you but hope you get sorted soon

Unknown said:

Sadly my sense of humour has been misunderstood.

My comment about the earth still being flat was meant to convey

1.I  am a luddite with an ironic sense of humour

2 I can't get google earth to work for me

I get as far as putting in the name of a file and putting in the link then I am stuck..

Nothing happens when I click browse or view

John

OK, that's my sense of humour failure, for which I apologise...!

We have some instructions on how to follow the ospreys in Google Earth. Here are some additional screengrabs which I hope will help.

1. Launch the Google Earth software

2. Go to the Add menu (see below) and choose Network Link...

Another window pops up (see below).

3. Enter 'Loch Garten Ospreys' in the Name field

4. Paste the following address: http://www.rspb.org.uk/kml/lochgartenospreys.kml into the Link field

5. Click OK (not Browse or View).

Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll try to help.

Well the Luddite bit made me think you had wrecked your computer this time instead of the cotton looms.

I think what kate has suggested should sort you now that we know the full facts   gggrrrr        

I hope that was a friendly gggrrr      SORRY

Katie thanks that explains a lot.

The bottom of that sreen with the ok button is not visable.

I think I will have to reload Google earth unless there

 is another way?

Thanks again John

Of course it was friendly John.

I learned a long time ago not to say anything on here if I was angry so have a X for re-assurance     lol

I do get hurt by comments made on the internet but more by comments made to/about other people than ones directed at me. 

Unknown said:

I hope that was a friendly gggrrr      SORRY

Katie thanks that explains a lot.

The bottom of that sreen with the ok button is not visable.

I think I will have to reload Google earth unless there

 is another way?

Thanks again John

Hmmmm. You must have nearly done it. Can you scroll down to see the bottom of that window? It must be there somewhere!

If not, maybe you need to try Google Earth help.