With the rapid increase in new members, and the corresponding increase
in the number of placemarks being shared, we need to slow you down
a little to check a few things.
Do you know about the Google Earth Community layer?
Your fellow users have already shared many thousands of placemarks
with the community. Please take a little time to switch on the Google
Earth Community layer (you'll find it near the top of the Layers panel
in your Google Earth program) and look at the placemarks that appear
near where yours is.
If someone has already posted a placemark very
similar to yours, consider contacting the poster (via the "private
message" feature on the Community site, or by replying to the thread they
made for the post) and helping them edit their post to make it more
useful.
Every couple of months, we update the Google Earth Community layer
to reflect the community's posts. Don't worry if you posted something
a few weeks ago and can't see it yet. It will appear the next time
we update.
However, please be aware that any images contained (as local images)
in your placemark will
not be visible through the BBS layer. If you would like
them to be visible, they must be hosted on a webserver.
Did you know that you can search the Community to see the placemarks
others have made?
This is important! At the top of every Community BBS page there is a link
to the search page. Before posting anything, you should use this
feature to see if your placemark has already been shared. Many duplicate
placemarks have been added in the past several months,
and this reduces the usefullness of the Google Earth Community Layer.
Now that you do know these things, please check the appropriate
boxes to continue.
|