Using Google Earth How to get started For an overview of Google Earth, download the Google Earth User Guide (free Adobe Reader required, English only). Find a Tutorial for Using Google Earth to Explore Estuaries Teaching with Google Earth Access this site to find suggestions on how Google Earth can be used in the classroom

1. Download and install Google Earth - Google Earth Download
2. Click on this .kml file and it will automatically open in Google Earth 
3. Find the four sites by locating the following NERRS logo  
4. Select an EstuaryLive site in Google Earth by clicking on the green logo.
   • Note: A balloon text will appear providing you information about the broadcast.
5. To fly to a Reserve, you have two options:
   • Double-click on the NERRS logo and it will point you to the Reserve's main office location. 
   • Under "Places", go to the folder titled "EstuaryLiveSites 2009.kml", double click the file "[name of Reserve] boundary" and view the actual geographic boundary for that Reserve delineated by a red line.

Interesting fact:
The Hudson River NERR in New York is the only Research Reserve that is comprised of four locations, called "components", with their own very specific and distinct tidal charcateristics. 

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