christie tyler. online maps are searchable databases that can display various map data on a web...
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Christie Tyler
Online maps are searchable databases that can display various map data on a web page.◦ Google Maps Live Search Maps (now Bing Maps)
MapQuest National Geographic
Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made by means of artificial satellites. Virtual Earth software uses satellite imagery.◦ Google Earth MS Virtual Earth (now
Bing Maps for Enterprise ) NASA World Wind TerraServer-USA
3D software model or representation of the Earth or another world.
User can freely move around in the virtual environment by changing viewing angle & position
May be geographical features or man-made ◦ Roads & buildings ◦ Population & other demographic features
–Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_globe
Go to the Google search page or iGoogle at http://www.google.com/ (or earth.google.com)
Click the more menu, then even more
Click on Earth to download the latest free edition to install on your computer.
(Note Picasa Google’s free web album also)
First offered as Google Earth in 2005
◦ Originally released as Earth Viewer by Keyhole, Inc.
◦ Keyhole Inc. bought by Google in 2004
◦ Commercial Edition Google Earth Pro - $400
◦ Runs on MS 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OSX 10.3.9+ ,
Linux
◦ Since 2008 available for iPhone OS
◦ Browser Plug-in for Firefox 3, Safari 3, IE 6 & 7
◦ Available in 38 languages
Uses satellite images, aerial photography & GIS 3D globe superimposed on maps
Historical Imagery
Explore the Ocean
Touring
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=GoogleEarthVideoHelp
Tours >Student Presentations
Search & Placemarks >Illustrate setting
Geotagged Photos>Field Trips or Studies
Layers, Add-ins & Special Features Lit Trip Environmental & Science Studies 3D model of Ancient Rome
Search same as with Google Maps
Placemarks icon to mark the spot
Geotag add latitude & longitude coordinates to photos in Google Earth
o Use Picasa Google’s free digital photo album
◦ Photos are only on your computer in a KML file
Panoramio online photo upload
◦ Geotag photos that will show up with a Google map on a web page
◦ Submit photos for review (monthly) to be added to Google Earth’s (public) Panoramio layer & Google Maps
Picasa Web Album
◦ displays map of photos that have been geotagged in Google’s free photo album Picasa and uploaded to the web album
Movie of My Google Earth