- How to Add Images to a Google Earth Placemark Description
To embed images in a Google Earth placemark "balloon", you'll need to create a small amount of HTML code. To start, the image must be posted on the web. Then:
- Using Firefox, go to the page that displays the image and right click on the image itself. Choose "Copy Image Location" to capture the image's address, know as the URL. NOTE: Other browsers may refer to this option as "copy image URL" or "address"
- To add the image to Google Earth, either create a new placemark or edit an existing placemark. To edit an existing placemark, right click on a placemark and choose:
- "Properties" (on Windows) or
- "Get Info" (on Mac)
- Paste your image's address (URL) into the description field. The following HTML code must be added to display the image. Copy and paste the code into your description field and enter the information indicated in red.
To simply embed an image:
<img src="paste image URL here">Float image to right (or left) of text:
<img src="paste image URL here" style="float:right; margin:10px;">
- Add link to descriptions with HTML
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To add a link:
You may paste the URL into the description field and it will be converted to a hyperlink, however if the URL is too long, it you can create a more user-friendly link in the following way. Copy and paste this text and fill in as noted:
<a href="paste image URL here" >xenter link name here</a>
See example:<a href="http://www.uvm.edu">University of Vermont</a> - Create Paragraphs and Basic Formatting
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Create paragraphs:
<p>paragraph here</p>Formatting basics:
<em>italic text here</em>
<strong>bold text here</strong><br>