Time Portals of Norwich - Support and Resources
Supplementary files for use in conjunction with Time Portals of Norwich.
Below is a link to the Google Earth KMZ Location Files for Time Portals. This file is to be used in conjunction with the Google Earth program to give readers more of an insight into where Cassie travels in the book. In addition to showing the location for each event clicking on a marker also gives more information or history about that specific location.
If not already installed, then download and install Google Earth Pro on Desktop (GE) first - it's available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Once it's installed download the file below by clicking on the link and then use GE to open it. It will add 90 new entries to your Places list. For the best effect make sure you have 3D Buildings enabled (ticked) in the layers (see screenshot below right). Double click on each item in the places lists to see it centred within GE or click on the yellow pin icon to bring up more information (some of which will link to photos or other sites).
Note: it seems that the current web version of Google Earth can no longer import the locations file, so that version can't be used.
Click on an icon or title to download/view the file.
 | Time Portals of Norwich Locations | 21Kb |
IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended that you set GE to open links using your normal web browser and don't rely on the built-in browser as it tends to crash rather too often. To do this open the Options from the Tools menu (if using a Mac then open the Preferences option instead from the main Google Earth Pro menu), select the General tab and tick the option labelled Show web results in external browser. Then click OK to save the setting.
The screenshot on the right shows the Places section with the Time Portals additions. Further down in the Layers section the 3D Buildings setting has been ticked as Norwich has been fully converted to show 3D buildings. Note that the buildings and views shown on GE are relatively modern and, in many cases, will not be what Cassie is seeing when she has travelled to the past!
Displaying the location information.
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