Google
Earth Tips and Links
Google Earth Helpful
Links
INFORMATION FROM GOOGLE on GOOGLE EARTH
Google Earth User Guide:
Table
of Contents http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ug_toc.html
Keyboard Shortcuts: http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/ug_keyboard.html
Google Earth’s user guide is very
informative. You can find the answer to most basic questions here.
Google Earth for Educators:
http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
http://www.google.com/educators/google_earth.html
Google’s guides and suggestions for
using Google Earth in an Educational Setting.
Google’s KML Gallery: http://earth.google.com/gallery/index.html
A few examples of what other people have
created using GoogleEarth
Google Earth Community http://bbs.keyhole.com
The
official message board for users of Google Earth. People post KML files that
they have created and discuss wide-ranging topics related to GoogleEarth and
Geography. Very cool place worth browsing, and joining.
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Specific forum
for educators http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/EducationEducators
TEACHING with GoogleEarth
Google Earth Lessons http://gelessons.com/
A
Great website with many links to lesson plans based on Google Earth. Also: video tutorials on using many GE
features. Highly Recommended.
GoogleEarth Education Community http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm
Google Lit Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/ ,
tips: http://web.mac.com/jburg/GoogleLit/Lit_Trip_Tips.html
Paths
and extra content for a small, but growing, number of great literary works
(from Kindergarten to College level).
GoogleEarth at teachinghacks.com http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Earth_101_for_Educators
http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Earth_Curriculum_Ideas
GoogleEarth Links for teachers http://techchicktips.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=google+earth+for+teachers
OTHER WEBSITES about GoogleEarth and Geography
GoogleEarth Blog http://www.gearthblog.com/
One of many independent blogs by
GoogleEarth enthusiasts
GoogleEarth Hacks http://www.gearthhacks.com/
Juicy Geography http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/
Article on Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/good-earth
E-Book on creating “virtual field
trips” with GoogleEarth.
This
is a Free Download of a multi-media eBook on advanced Google Earth features. It’s
worth getting if this interests you.
For Advanced Users http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/DNRGarmin/DNRGarmin.html
Use
the Minnesota DNR’s software to upload GPS data to Google Earth without having
the Plus or Professional editions.
Article on Geographic Information
Systems and Education (with helpful links)
This
discusses why teaching and integrating geography is important.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/gis-and-geographic-inquiry/
Overview of what was
covered in the Tech Training.
I:
Basic Use of Google Earth
-navigation
- Search
-Places
II:
Using Layers
-Layers
are the various extra things that you can see in GE. They include things like
Roads, Borders, Weather, Terrain Features, etc.
Even links to user-created images (Panoramio) and links to Wikipedia
entries.
-There are many of them. You don’t want to use all of
them at once, as it will clutter up the screen and hurt
performance
III:
Making your own files
adding pictures, linking to files, creating paths,
saving KML.
IV:
Uses
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Literature: LitTrips
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Writing: Poetry based on Places.
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Language: areas
and culture
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Science: Environmental issues, Astronomy
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Math: Lower: Shape finding. Upper: displaying or
giving context to statistics.
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Student
Projects: Culture “field trips”;
documenting virtual versions of actual field trips.
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Group/Collaborative
Projects.
Terms:
Placemark: a location on
the map that can be annotated and saved. You can add links to outside content
like images or video using simple HTML.
SEE HERE
for a Quick Guide to creating placemarks.
Adding
an Image in a Placemark
Use a simple HTML code: <img src=” (then the
address of the image) “>
Placemarks
don’t “hold” any images, but they “point” to them somewhere on the web (your
website, Flickr, Panoramio). These sites often generate the HTML markup
for you (see Flickr’s “embed” feature). Panaramio has a special relationship
with GoogleEarth.
Note:
You can do this with Video as well, as long as it is hosted somewhere that you
can link to on the web.
Layer: added content for GoogleEarth beyond just the satellite images. Layers can
be anything from borders and place names to highly detailed interactive data.
GoogleEarth comes with many great built-in Layers, but there are also thousands
of other layers available for download.
KML / KMZ (.kml .kmz):
Stands for Keyhole Markup Language. These are “files” that Google Earth
reads (like a web browser reads an HTML file and turns it into a Web
Page). You can download .kml/.kmz files
that other people have created, or create and save your own. You can combine Placemarks from other
KML/KMZ files into something new. The
content opens as a layer.
Finding and installing other layers.
1: Find a KMZ file that you want to open. See
links for places to look
2:
you may either “Open” the file directly in Google Earth, it will open under a
“temporary places” folder.
or
“Save” the file to a folder on your computer and open
it this way
3: When you close Google Earth it will ask you if you
want to save any items in “temporary” to “my
places”.