When you are finished creating your placemark, click OK and your placemark will appear in the Places panel. In this example, we choose to change our label color to green. In this example, we chose a tree icon.Ĭlick on the Style, Color tab, and choose a color, scale (or size), and opacity for the placemark icon and label text. In this example, we typed “This is one of the world's oldest living trees.”Ĭlick on the icon button in the top-right corner of the window, and choose an icon for your placemark and press OK. Type in a description for the placemark in the Description field, which will be displayed when a user clicks on the placemark. In this example, we typed “Bristlecone Pine Tree”. In the New Placemark dialog box, type in a name for the placemark in the Name field. Move your placemark's location by clicking and dragging its icon, or by typing a latitude and longitude into the New Placemark dialog box. Also, a New Placemark dialog box appears.

A placemark is automatically added to Google Earth. Click the Add Placemark button in the toolbar.