NT Visualiser Information and Installation Manual

1. NT Visualiser

The Northern Territory Government (NTG) has purchased the Google Earth Enterprise software suite allowing us to serve NTG spatial data to government users using an intuitive 3D interface. This customised service is called NT Visualiser.

NT Visualiser provides a powerful, user-friendly method for visualising spatial data including: property parcels, roads, and aerial photography. NT Visualiser also includes searching based on NT street addresses and place names.

• NT Visualiser is available without authentication for everyone in the Northern Territory Government.

•    Certain users outside of NT Government (for example Power and Water Corporation) may be allowed access to NT Visualiser as an extension to their ILIS (Integrated Land Information System) subscription, subject to DPI approval.
  

2. Instructions for installation

Getting up and running with NT Visualiser is a 2 step process comprised of the following:

1. Obtain and install the software
2. Run the software and log on to the server

If you have any questions about the process please do not hesitate to call GIS Support on 899 55306.

2.1. Installing the Software

If you have the free version of Google Earth already installed you do not need to remove it, but you should be aware of the licensing restrictions relating the use of the free version at work: http://earth.google.com/products.html

If you have an older version of the Google Earth Enterprise Client (or Keyhole Enterprise Client) you should uninstall that manually before beginning the install of the new version. You may wish to save your existing ‘My Places’ before doing this by right-clicking on them and choosing ‘Save’.

Follow these steps to download and install the software.

• Click on the following link to download the installation file: http://land.visualiser.nt.gov.au/GoogleEarthEC-4.2.205.5730.exe
  
• Note if you are requesting this file from outside the NT Government network you will be prompted for your ILIS username and password.
• External to government access will only work if you have been given the 'NT Visualiser' role in ILIS.
  
• Depending on your browser, you may be offered the choice to ‘Run’ or ‘Run from current location’. If so, choose this option. If the only option is to ‘Save’, then save the file on your Windows Desktop, and double-click on it there when it has finished downloading.
• You should be presented with the following screen:

• Accept the license conditions, choose the ‘Complete’ install, and click ‘Install’. This will install the software in c:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth EC\
• Optionally allow the feedback to be sent to Google by clicking ‘Next’ and ‘Finish’.

2.2. Running NT Visualiser

There will now be a ‘Google Earth EC’ (NT Visualiser) icon in your Windows Start Menu and Desktop. When you run the client it will ask for a Google Earth server to login to. In this box enter the value http://land.visualiser.nt.gov.au and click ‘Login’. You may wish to tick the ‘Always login to this server’ option to prevent being asked this in the future.

If you are connecting from outside the NT Government network: you will be asked for your ILIS username and password.

External to government access will only work if you have been given the 'NT Visualiser' role in ILIS.

You may be asked whether you want to use ‘OpenGL’ or ‘DirectX’ mode. OpenGL is the higher-performance, preferred method but will not work on all computers, particularly laptops. If you have any problems running in OpenGL mode, include software crashes or the ‘world’ not appearing correctly then switch to DirectX mode (Tools.. Options.. View tab.. DirectX).

If everything is successful you will be logged in ready to go.. if you have any questions please contact GIS Support on 899 55306.