Integrating

Google Earth

Presented by Scott Meisenzahl, TRTSanders Corner ES, Loudoun County, VA

Session Objectives

• Introduction and Navigation of Google Earth

• Create Placemarks and Tours

• Explore content that is ready to be downloaded from the web

Creating and Saving Placemarks

Create Placemarks:

1. In Google Earth, navigate to the location to be marked.

2. Select Add—Placemark

3. Drag the Placemark to the exact location.

Customize the placemark icon.

Name the placemark.

Enter description, including appropriate HTML tags.

Common font, style, and table HTML tags can be used.

•Linking to a web page:<a href="http://www.google.com"><b>Web

Page</b></a>

•Linking to a video clip: <a href="E:\Video_Clip.asx"><b> Video </b></a>

•Inserting images in your description:

      Images stored on your computer's hard drive <img src="G:\ClipArt\myDescriptiveImage.jpg“>

Images on the internet <img

src="http://www.test.com/images/myDescriptiveImage.jpg">

(Be aware that the images on the web will change without warning.)

Mashups and Ready-Made Tours

• http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/

• http://earth.google.com/gallery/index.html

• http://www.gearthhacks.com/

• http://www.googlelittrips.com/

• http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/misc/kml_network_link.html

• http://techchicktips.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?

page=Google+Earth+for+Teachers

• http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0

Creating Placemarks and Tours Resources

• http://www2.lhric.org/eastchester/schools/hs/teachers/fermann/

GE.htm

• http://stevekluge.com/projects/dlesege/dlesegemanual/manual.h

tml

• http://web.mac.com/jburg/GoogleLit/Lit_Trip_Tips.html

• http://gearthblog.com/basics.html