Google Earth Tutorials - Part I

Google Earth Tutorials:Part I – Getting to Know EarthHosts: Thomas Cooper, Alice Barr

Networked Learninghttp://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com

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What is a geo-application?

• Geographical Information Systems store data and associate the data, stored in a database, with points and polygons that comprise a map.

• Various tools allow you to manipulate these data points and understand the relationships between them.

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Tools that talk to each other

Maps• View in web browser• Create custom Google maps• Easy Collaboration• Shared via simple web links• Embed easily in a website

Earth• Highly realistic with title,

rotate & zoom• 3D terrain and 3D buildings• Virtual flights through content• Layers an many subjects

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Tools that talk to each other (cont.)

Google Sky• Earth and Space-based telescope

data viewed in web browsers• Historical maps of the sky• Virtual flights through the solar

system and beyond• 3D terrain of the Moon and Mars

Sketchup• Teach perspective and spatial

relationships• Create, modify and share 2D and

3D models• Embed models in Earth

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Downloading Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

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Google Earth System Requirements

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Google Earth Program Window

Search Panel

Places Panel

Layers Panel

Tool Bars

Navigation Tools

Zoom Tools

Coordinates, Elevation

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Navigation Tools

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Completing Searches• Addresses (Zip Codes)• Business Names• Monuments and Parks

(objects)• Coordinates (GPS Data)

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Creating Folders to Store Searches

• Go to the “Places” folder

• Right-click on “My Places” icon

• Add >> Folder

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Saving Searches

• Click and drag found places into the folder you created

• Make sure the folder is checked.

• Collapse the folder• Highlight the folder by

clicking on it.• Go to File >> Save As >>

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Working with Layers• Over 206 layers in the

primary data base• Major ones: roads,

traffic, weather, Wikipedia, National Geographic, and global awareness.

• More on the Earth Outreach Community

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Basic Trouble Shooting

• Reinstating Your Panels• Loosing Terrain Data• Reinstating Navigation Tools• Reinstating the Status Bar• Saving Content

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Google for Educatorshttp://www.google.com/educators/geo.html

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Search for Community Mapshttp://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

Change the file type to KMZ to return specific results.

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Monthly Project – Land of Hopehttp://landofhope.wikispaces.com

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Archived Sessionshttp://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com/Archive

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Next Month’s Session

Monday Oct. 26, 2009Creating Basic Placemarks and Adding ContentTopics: Adding Text and Images, Embedding Video, and Project PlanningProject of the Month: Expedition Lit Trips – http://expeditionlittrips.wikispaces.com

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