Install Earth

As I’ve mentioned before, there is a giant community of Google Earth users.  So when you download Google Earth you are very far from alone.  There are support forums specifically for new users, for people who create 3D views for Google Earth, for historians, for astronomers, for the military, for environmental groups, historians, and more.

Some of these forums have been around longer than others, and some have more members than others.  I based my top 10 on the number of total posts in the forum.

Here you go, the top 10 most popular Google Earth forums, from 10 to 1:

10. Open Forum - This is like the “misc” drawer in your kitchen.  It’s for all conversations that don’t fall under another category.  Currently has 21,182 posts.

9. Google Earth (read only) - This is a support group for Google Earth and currently has 21,924 posts.

8. Nature and Geography forum - 27,005 posts.

7.  Sports and Hobbies forum - 33,226 posts.

6. Military forum (unmoderated)- for any and everything military-related - 41,751 posts.

5. Transportation forum is all about every method of transportation as it relates to Google Earth - 44,408 posts.

4. Fun and Games forum - The fun forum to post mystery placemarks, hints, problems to solve, etc. - 93,984 posts.

3. Travel Information forum is where you go to give and get advice about travel (hotels, restaurants, points of interest, etc.) 101,936 posts.

2. Member-centric Locations - “Where you live, went to school, work, or play.” came in 2nd with 111,909 posts

And the number one, most popular forum in the entire Google Earth community is…*drum roll*….

1. Earth Browsing “the primary forum for sharing and discussing places around the world.” with 262,213 posts!

Click here to see or join the community.

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