A slightly irritating day. Google Earth is a very neat tool, but I had great difficulty making it do what I wanted it to do. The first problem was that it kept deleting my pushpins--it took me some time to figure out that each time I had to select the "folder" before adding a pushpin. I certainly couldn't use it properly as a search tool--I had to retire to Wikipedia to find a list of museums in Oregon, because Google Earth only gave me Portland results and had no good way to filter it. Then all my "pushpins" disappeared, making it very difficult to identify where I had actually placed things (and even Denvy couldn't figure it out), only to reappear without explanation later on.
Also, the automated tour function seems choppy and awkward in transitioning between locations, but I'm not comfortable enough with the program to think I can improve upon it, and the in-program help is less than useless.
In short, more of a chore than a fun experience, but perhaps the program just has a steep learning curve...
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