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diff --git a/gis/google-earth/README b/gis/google-earth/README index a39cf206a7..214834cbb0 100644 --- a/gis/google-earth/README +++ b/gis/google-earth/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ google-earth (Google's famous virtual globe) -Google Earth is a virtual globe program. It maps a version of the +Google Earth Pro is a virtual globe program. It maps a version of the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe. You point and zoom to any place on the planet that you want to explore. @@ -10,33 +10,14 @@ specific address to check out an apartment or hotel. View driving directions and even fly along your route. The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points -of interest, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at +of interest, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at least 15 meters of resolution. -When running GoogleEarth for the first time, you will see an error -message stating that it is unable to find the Bitstream Vera fonts. -This should be safe to ignore - it will use other fonts (and the -DejaVu fonts included with Slackware are based on the Bitstream fonts). - NOTES: -1) Google Earth 7 is "LSB compliant" meaning it was built on a LSB - system. Slackware however does not have that symlink which is part - of the LSB 3.0 specification. Before, you had to add that symlink - manually; that is now handled in doinst.sh. - -2) Google Earth sometimes crashes when the 65-fonts-persian.conf is - available on the system. If you experience crashes, try removing - /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf prior to launching this - application. The easiest way to do this is: - - mv /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf \ - /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf.old - -3) GoogleEarth requires that you have OpenGL drivers installed on your - system (and Xorg configured to use them). Not doing so will cause X - to crash. +1) Google Earth Pro requires that you have OpenGL drivers installed on + your system (and Xorg configured to use them). Not doing so will + cause X to crash. -4) This is the legacy version 7.3.0, which is confirmed to run on - Slackware 14.2. The newer versions (7.3.1 and later) tend to hang - on 14.2. On startup, a nag screen will pop up advising you that a - new version is availble, which you can safely ignore. +2) This version of Google Earth Pro is only available for 64-bit + systems. If you are still running 32-bit, you will need the + google-earth-legacy SBo script. |