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Summary
Creating your Google Earth file
See your CRM user manual to find out how to create your Google Earth file.
Using your Google Earth file
Opening your Google Earth file
After its creation, the Google Earth file is automatically opened in Google Earth. You can also open a Google Earth file with a double click in the windows explorer or by the menu in Google Earth (File -> Open).
Important tips for using Google Earth
- Install the latest version of Google Earth for optimal viewing. Click here to download Google Earth (version 5.x).
- Delete unnecessary maps to lighten up viewing. Press the right mouse button on the elements to delete in the “Places” panel (in “My Places” and in “Temporary Places”) and click on “Delete”.
- Only view relevant information: Clear the “Primary Database” checkbox in the “Layers” panel. Next check the layers that interest you (for example “Roads”).
- On closing Google Earth, reply “No” to the following question “You have unsaved items in your Temporary Places folder. Would you like to save them to your My places folder?” to avoid multiple versions of your maps.
See our Google Earth user manual for complete explanations on how to use Google Earth.
Exploring your maps
Your created maps (geographic information layers) are located in the “Temporary Places” folder in the “Places” panel. The map layers are organized in a tree structure.
To open and close folders in this tree structure, click on the 
and 
icons.
To show or hide a map layer, (un)check the 
or 
icons (the latter type indicating that only one map layer of the folder can be displayed at the time).
Different types of map layers are available, depending on your neoMapper configuration.
In the “Contacts” folder:
- A point map layer for each type of contact (if you do not have different types of contacts, only one map layer is created). In our example, the two types are “Client” and “Prospect”. A point appears in the center of each city where any contacts are located. The size of the point varies with the number of contacts. Clicking on a point opens an information balloon with the list of the contacts in the city. The information presented depends on your configuration. If you specify an “Address” field, a link in the balloon enables direct access to detailed directions in Google Maps.
In the “Administrative boundaries” folder:
- Cities: a point in the center of each city (only cities with more inhabitants than the threshold selected in the advanced configuration). The size of the points varies with the number of inhabitants. Clicking on a point opens an information balloon with the number of contacts per type, the selected indicators (summed over all contacts in the city), as well as socio-economic statistics such as number of inhabitants.
- Counties and States boundaries. Clicking on the center of a county or state opens an information balloon with the number of contacts per type, the selected indicators (summed over all contacts in the county or state), as well as socio-economic statistics such as number of inhabitants, area, density, average income.
In the “Maps” folder:
- A series of maps of Counties and States with a colored legend depending on the mapped information: the summed indicators, the number of contacts per type, the number of inhabitants, the average income.
Sharing your maps
Pour partager ou diffuser vos cartes, il existe plusieurs moyens :
- You can send the Google Earth file by email or share it by means of any other internet related support (e.g. an intranet). The created Google Earth files are stored in the specified output directory.
In Google Earth, you can also:
- Print a screen capture (menu File -> Print).
- Save a screen capture as an image file (menu File -> Save -> Save Image).
- Send a screen capture by email (menu File -> Email -> Email Image).