Virgin Holidays has teamed up with Google to develop the ability to find and book your holidays
through their popular Google Earth software.
This exciting development extends Virgin Holidays involvement with Google's mapping tools,
building on the Google Maps already used within the Virgin Holidays website itself.
Getting started
To start finding your holidays with Google Earth, follow the two steps below.
If you already have Google Earth installed just go straight to the second step.
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Step 1 - Download Google Earth by clicking the icon below;
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Step 2 - Download the Virgin Holidays layer for Google Earth by clicking this icon (alternatively, right click on the icon and choose "Save Target As"). Once downloaded open the file and it will launch in Google Earth;
What is Google Earth?
Google Earth combines Google Search with satellite imagery and maps to provide detailed and easy to use geographic information (as illustrated by these screen shots on the right).
The Virgin Holidays layer shows where hotels, airports and other points of interest are on Google Earth, and provides a link to a detailed page on www.virginholidays.co.uk for more information and to book.
Using Google Earth
For help on how to use Google Earth please read the tutorial at http://earth.google.com/tour/
Google Earth is a trademark of Google Inc. The use of Google Earth is subject to the Google Terms of Service for Your Personal Use.
Virgin Holidays does not itself provide the Google Earth software and as such cannot provide any support for technical issues or help with queries for Google Earth; the Google Earth webpage has resources to help with this. Please satisfy yourself that your computer is capable of running Google Earth before downloading the software.
All content provided by the Virgin Holidays layer is copyright © 2008 Virgin Holidays.
Google Earth Screen Shots
The Google Earth application (above) and the Virgin Holidays Google Earth Layer (below).
