Scare <> writes:

Google Maps (the online version) is better at finding named
places, while Google Earth is faster at displaying maps (the Earth). You can
also zoom in more in Google Earth.


Have you ever had to extract the coordinates of a place you've found in Google
Maps and use them in another program, or wished you could just click on a
location that you've found in Google Maps and bring up that location in Google
Earth?


Here's how you can do that.


First, download the GreaseMonkey plugin for Firefox by clicking
here.


Restart Firefox.


Grease Monkey will now be installed under Tools menu item.


Click here on my little script:
http://ozreport.com/data/GoogleMapsToEarth.user.js


Hit Install. You're done.


To use it:


Click here: http://maps.google.com/ and either use the "Search The Map" box to search
for a specific named address or location or pan and zoom the map around to the
spot you're interested in.


If it's a search result, move the map manually just a hair.


Click on "Link to this page", and the latitude and longitude of the center of
the map will be displayed in the space right above the map.


Copy and paste the longitude and latitude if you want a copy of the coordinates.


Or Click on the coordinates to open that location in Google Earth.


Thanks to a little code and the Oz Report server, you don't have to extract the
coordinates from the Google Maps URL to copy and paste them into Google Earth
yourself!