Install the latest version of Google Earth and spend some time getting to know the basic features. Google Earth is a sophisticated "geo-browser", comprised of satellite imagery of the whole earth and innovative navigation features for contributing and viewing geo-data.
You should watch some of the tutorials to learn about the functionality of Google Earth. Click here.
Take some time to "tour" the earth and make a list of interesting places that you would like to share with the class. You can share these as 'tours' for the class.
We will spend the next three sessions learning about three Geo-browsers:
1. Google Earth
2. Google Maps / Google My Maps
3. HyperCities: A Google Maps/Earth Mash-up (a UCLA project directed by me)
For the last day of class, students will work together in teams to create and present projects in either maps, earth, or HyperCities. These will be KML based, user-created maps, with 2D and potentially 3D objects. You can create 3D objects using Google's Sketch-up program.
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My Google Earth Tour:..
ReplyDelete3 Times Square, New York, New York
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.
Pentagon Washington, D.C.
Playboy Mansion 10236 Charing Cross Rd, Los Angeles, CA
Bellagio Hotel 3600 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV
Empire State Building 350 5th Ave, New York, NY
Coliseum Piazza del Colosseo, 9, 00184 Roma, Rom (Latium), Italy
Eiffel Tower 75007 Paris, France - 01 44 11 23 22
While Google Maps is no doubt fun to play with, I still think the Bird's Eye view in Microsoft's Live Maps is incredibly better quality (never thought I would be saying this about a Microsoft product) Here is the link to check it out http://maps.live.com/ (its really fun to check out your house)
I think its a pretty cool program, but I was looking forward to seeing ocean life when I went under the sea. I was pretty disappointed to see an animated ocean floor with no signs of life.
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