By Tristan Huff, Forestry Extension, Coos County

For those of you using Google Earth in your day-to-day, the “pro” version is now available for free (previously $400/yr.).  The pro version is very similar to the free version but allows for direct area measurements and also includes some other data layers such as property boundaries and county demographic data.

If you’re new to GE and want to try it, here’s a walk-through tutorial I use for my workshops.  It hasn’t been updated yet to incorporate difference in the pro version but is still a good place to start.

PDF walkthrough:

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/coos/sites/default/files/google_earth_walkthrough.3.27.13.pdf

Download GE Pro:

http://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html