-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Google Earth Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 09:13:49 -0500 From: Thornberry, Evan <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Hi Chris, When I was at the Huxley College Map Library we also had Google Earth on 5 computer workstations. GE was heavily used for referencing a point by lat/long, printing base maps for small areas, and for comparing imagery over time with the "historical imagery" tool. Very little use required saving data to the computer's hard drive. When GE data was saved, it automatically went to a temporary folder that was periodically cleaned up by IT. To my knowledge we never had any security issues. I really hope you can convince your computer folks! -Evan Evan Thornberry Cartographic Preservation and Reference Assistant Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library 700 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 617-859-2140 -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:35 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Google Earth -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Google Earth Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:15:48 +0000 From: Christopher Thiry <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Howdy, Does anyone have Google Earth loaded on their public machines? Google Earth is a marvelous thing, but it is irrelevant when I am doing reference work because the users don't have access to it on the public machines. I want to convince my computer folks that Google Earth should be installed on a public machine--but they are very concerned about security, etc. If you have Google Earth on your public machines, how did you convince your computer folks to allow this? How locked down is it? -- can you upload files to "Temporary Places"? Can you move those to "My Places"? Can you lock down "My Places"? What problems has Google Earth caused vis-a-vissecurity, etc.? thanks in advance, Christopher J.J.Thiry Map Librarian Colorado School of Mines 1400 Illinois Golden, CO 80401 p. 303-273-3697 f. 303-273-3199 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://library.mines.edu/