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5. Click OK to close the dialog box.
6. Repeat the process by putting a new placemark at the top of the
mountain where the monument is. Name this new placemark “Top of
the Monument.”
7. Zoom GE’s view in tightly, so you can prominently see the two
placemarks in the view (with the two placemarks in diagonally opposite
corners of the view).
8. Next, select the Show Ruler button from the GE toolbar:
9. In the Ruler dialog box that appears, select Feet from the Length pulldown menu.
10. Use the options under the Line tab. This will let you compute the
distance between two points. The Path option will let you find the total
accumulated distance between more than two points.
11. Click the mouse on the point of the placemark in the amphitheater and
drag it to the placemark on top of the mountain (your heading should
be about 310 degrees or so). Click the mouse at the top of the mountain
placemark.
12. Answer Question 1.7. When you’re done, click on Clear in the Ruler
dialog box to remove the drawn line from the screen, and then close the
Ruler dialog box.
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