Photographs for geography

What about GOOGLE?

Where can I find high quality

images for Geography?

Well what about Google!

Think at least 640 pixels wide and 80+ Kb in size.Most images sourced through Google do not meet this criteria but the ones on GEOGRAPH do

Google image search for London – see previous page.

Think about the size of the image you

display on your IWB

Think about copyright when

using Google Images – most images are not copyright free!

640 X 413 72dpi 86.7kb http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/929178

Geograph is a photography project that aims to provide coverage for every square kilometre in the UK.

Some Km squares have lots of images. Contributors share their images under the Creative Commons Licence . This

means that you will not break copyright if you use them in the classroom.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/655271

Both amateur and professional photographers share their images on photo-sharing websites such as

Picasa and Flickr.• Search under Creative Commons to ensure

that the photographer has given permission for you to use their images for educational purposes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ledgard/sets/

http://picasaweb.google.com/Wendyn57

by PierThis photo is selected for Google Earth [?] - ID: 305643

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/305643

Many of the images that you find linked to Google Earth & Google Maps are hosted on the

Panoramio website

A number of websites that use photographs taken by professional

photographers make it relatively easy for you to download images.

• Please remember that copyright applies to these images.

Sahara - Chefchaouen, Morocco

http://palinstravels.co.uk/

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/sailboats-durrance.html

Sailboats, Turag River, Bangladesh Photograph by Dick Durrance II

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/

Fires in Greece

Posted August 25, 2009

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/default.stm

The Geographical Association has freely available images that can be used with teaching activities written to support the launch of the Manifesto for Geography.

http://www.geography.org.uk/aboutus/adifferentview

Where does my garden go?

Chris Durbin’s tips for using photographs and artefacts

• Treat photographs of people sensitively• Give an all-round picture of the place, country

or people you are presenting to pupils• Ensure like is compared to like if asking

children to make comparisonsOne final thought!