Hi Ronnie -- -- A sudden realization. I sometimes use the 'Ocean' setting in Google Earth, this may set the land to black to emphasize the ocean data. Somehow, deselecting 'Ocean' is not changing the images back to normal. That would explain why others who do not use the 'Ocean' feature will have had no problem.
-- If this is correct, I only need now to find out why deselecting the 'Ocean' layer is not restoring normal settings! Cheers -- David Noel 2009 Jun 8 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Noel <lis...@aoi.com.au> Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM Subject: Re: Google Earth going black To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> Hi Ronnie -- -- I did have 3D View "True Color (32 bit)" set. Anisotropic Filtering was not on high, I did reset to that, no difference. -- Thanks for the <http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/google_earth_tips/> reference. Using some suggestions there, I did try 'Historical Imagery' at various dates, also with no improvement. But selecting 'View in Google Maps' did give the correct image! Can anything be worked out from that? -- I'm using an iMac with 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and 10.5.7. Cheers -- David Noel ========== From: Ronda Brown <ro...@wn.com.au> Re: Google Earth going black Type: Text Hi David, In Google Earth > Preferences, do you have 3D View "True Color (32 bit)" - Anisotropic Filtering "High" selected? Google have released a new imagery update for Google Earth. <http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/google_earth_tips/> What computer & OS are you using. It might have something to do with your Graphics card? Cheers, Ronni On 08/06/2009, at 1:57 PM, David Noel wrote: > Hi Ronni & Susan -- > > -- Thanks for the suggestions, I did download Google Earth > 5.0.11733.9347, and unfortunately I still have the problem with the > new version. Any other ideas? > > Cheers > > David Noel > > ============ > > From: Ronda Brown <ro...@wn.com.au> > Sent: Mon Jun 8 12:56 > Re: Google Earth going black > > Hi David, > > Working ok for me also. Shanghai, China loads correctly. > Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347 > > Try the same version as Susan & I have, see if that makes any > difference. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.5.7 > > On 08/06/2009, at 12:49 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: > >> Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version >> (5.0.117.....). You could try updating. cheers, Susan. >> >> >> On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote: >> >>> -- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968 >>> (beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until >>> it >>> has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea >>> portions go misty blue without a defined boundary). >>> >>> -- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem >>> suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment >>> Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for >>> days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any >>> preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed? >>> >>> Cheers -- >>> >>> David Noel >>> 2009 Jun 8 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - > <wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','1')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.5.7 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
