Here's the official response to these issues from KA72:
Google Earth PluginThe Google Earth plugin is entirely the product of Google. If you visit this site (
www.google.com/earth/) and it doesn't work there, then it won't work at KA72.com either. (If it works at the link above but not in KA72 then there is something else going on. Please let me know if that is the case!)
Since the plugin is very GPU-intensive, having out of date video card drivers, or just an old video card, can cause problems with it. Because there are so many different video cards on the market, I can't give any specific advice without knowing what model your video card is. (It is always a good idea to keep the box your video card came in in case you need to know this kind of thing.)
Even if you don't know what video card you have, there are a couple of other things you can do. Number one, try installing Google Earth itself, and see if it works (by clicking the link on the overlay page as suggested by Darryl and others above.) Sometimes Google Earth works even when the plugin doesn't.
Secondly, try doing all this in a different browser. Sometimes, just sometimes, there are problems with a particular browser that others don't have.
SD CardAnnoying though it is, your best bet is to buy an SD card off eBay. Try and get a SanDisk one. The lmgtfy link provided above (which made me LOL, incidentally) uses the -micro switch to try and AVOID showing results for micro-SD cards. However, I've successfully used Micro-SD cards in a GT-31 previously via an adapter card, so don't feel you have to avoid them completely.
Chrome Infection/AdsWhat has happened here is that because of your Google searches for resolutions to your issues, Google has placed you onto a list of people that get served ads for malware/speed-up-my-computer ads. Maybe you even clicked on one, which would result in you seeing more. (My MIL always sees ads like this.) You can see exactly who Google thinks you are by going to this link:
www.google.com/ads/preferences and particularly take heed of what is in the "Interests" section.
Here are the things that Google thinks I am interested in:
My best advice is to invest some time in getting an ad-blocker installed in your browser. A lot of the time I run "CatBlock" which replaces syndicated ads with pictures of cats. So instead of seeing ads for "Cleaning Agents" or "Rap & Hip-Hop" I see cats.
GT-31 SettingsI run workshops on setting up your GT-31 from time to time. If you are stuck, or just want some quick help, call me and I'll talk you through it. My phone number is all over the WindWanderers website (it is the contact number for Membership stuff, and appears on the footer of most pages. See the very bottom of
www.windwanderers.org.au/ for instance. I don't like to post it here because I can't edit these posts later, and my number may change.
Gold Coast GPS TeamConsider joining WindWanderers (see link above.) We run a GPS competition that allows you to post files online all year round, integrates with the GPS Team Challenge, but has lots of other groovy features in addition. It is limited to sailing sessions in Queensland waters, and there are a couple of Gold Coast sailors in it already. There is a strong emphasis on fun and learning in the club, and a large number of GPS sailors involved in it at all levels of ability. Also, our overlay page works even when the Google plugin doesn't!
Dylan.