You can use Google Earth to explore the world without leaving your home.However, imagine a scenario when Google Earth fails to load in Chrome. I'll help you fix it.
At times, when trying to access Google Earth, it may refuse to load. Here are some nice methods that you can use to load Google Earth in your Chrome browser. You can easily explore the whole world using Google Earth in the comfort of your home.
It is the world’s largest accessible repository of geographic imagery. Don’t be left out; try out these troubleshooting methods to ensure you explore the world fully.
1. Stealth mode
If Google Earth doesn’t load in Google Chrome, you can decide to run the browser in stealth mode. For this method, you will need to run Google Chrome in incognito mode.
Step 1: Open your Google Chrome browser
Step 2: Click on the Menu icon 
in the top right corner.
Step 3: On the Menu bar, click on New Incognito Window or simply use the shortcut, Ctrl + Shift + N.
Step 4: A new window will appear with the incognito icon on the top right corner. Also, you will see the incognito icon in all the new tabs that you open.
Step 5: Now, try accessing Google Earth while in incognito mode. You can then close the incognito mode and use the regular browsing tabs.
2. Turn on hardware acceleration
You can also turn on hardware acceleration to see whether Google Earth will work on your Chrome browser.
Step 1: First, open your Google Chrome browser.
Step 2: On the search bar, enter Chrome://flags. You will be redirected to a new window.
Step 3: Search for “Override software rendering list” set it to Enable.
Step 4: Now, try accessing Google Earth and see whether it will work. If it doesn’t, set back the setting to “Disabled”.
3. Clear cache, cookies, and browser data
The other method you can use to see whether Google Earth will load is through clearing cache, cookies, and browser data. However, you need to specifically clear the gsScrollPos cookies. It is a special cookie that Google places in the browser that easily breaks features.
Step 1: Open your Google Chrome Browser, click on the Menu icon on the top right corner.
Step 2: On the menu that appears, click on Settings > Advanced.
Step 3: Scroll down on the page till you get the “Privacy and Security” settings.
Step 4: Select Cookies and other site data. Then click, “See all cookies and site data.”
Step 5: Type www.google.com in the search bar to see all the cookies linked to your account.
Step 6: Locate the gsScrollPos cookies and delete all of them. After that, you can also decide to delete all the other cookies.
Step 7: Go back to the settings page and click on “Clear Browsing Data”
Step 8: Restart your browser and check whether Google Earth will work.
4. OpenGL instead of DirectX
DirectX and OpenGL are graphic APIs that help Google Earth to generate high-quality 2D and 3D images. Direct X is ideal for devices running on Windows OS. It is a graphics rendering specification.
On the other hand, OpenGL is a platform-neutral open API for rendering graphic images. In some cases, Google Earth can launch when you choose the OpenGL option.
Step 1: Launch Google Earth, click the Tools option on the top menu bar.
Step 2: In the popup menu, select Options > 3D view.
Step 3: On the upper right menu, remember to check the OpenGL option.
Step 4: Try to see whether Google Earth will work with the change.
5. Update the graphics driver
You can also try to update the graphics card driver to see whether Google Earth will work. An outdated or corrupted graphics card can be a reason why Google Earth is not loading. To solve this, you would rather update your graphics card.
Step 1: Click on the Start button and search for Device Manager.
Step 2: When the device manager window opens, double click on the “Display adapters” to expand it. Select your graphics card and select Update driver.
Step 3: When a pop-up window appears, select “Search automatically for updated driver software”
Step 4: Follow all the on-screen instructions to finish the operation. Try accessing Google Earth to see whether it will work.
6. Detection of WebGL
Google Earth's 3D maps require WebGL support in the browser. To check whether your Google Chrome browser supports it, access this link: https://get.webgl.org/. If your Google Chrome browser supports it, you will see this page.
7. Switching Accounts
You can also try to use another Google account from your default one to see whether Google Earth will work on your browser.
Step 1: Go to https://accounts.google.com/ and login in using a different account.
Step 2: Use another Google account to sign in.
Step 3: Alternatively, change the default Google account profile to see whether it will change the outcome. Simply click on your Google account icon on the top right corner and right-click. Choose another user profile.
Step 4: Try to access Google Earth and see whether it will work. If it doesn’t, you can return to your default account.
8. Disable display scaling
If you downloaded the Google Earth desktop version, it needs to have a resolution of at least 1024 x 768 to be viewed well.
Step 1: Find the Google Earth shortcut on your desktop.
Step 2: Right-click it, then select properties.
Step 3: Click on the compatibility tab.
Step 4: Click on Change high DPI settings.
Step 5: Find the display scaling on the high DPI option and disable it.
9. Improve the Internet speed
When Google Earth loads a satellite map, it takes in a lot of data. If you're using WiFi, it might load slowly.
You can consider using your Ethernet cable to see whether it will load well. If you are using WiFi, you can disable all other connected devices and just use it to access Google Earth.
All these solutions can help you to load Google Earth in Chrome and on your PC. However, use one method at a time and try to use Google Earth. If one method doesn’t work, you can reset to the default settings then try another method. Also, try to check your PC to see whether there are any malicious viruses on your computer.
