Office O7

jake kulstad
jkulstad@richmond.edu - x8258

Goals
Learn key features of Google Maps and Google Earth
Create Custom Maps and Tours
Explore online tools  to find data and tools
Share custom Maps and Tours with others
Understanding the basic features of KML

Google Maps
“My Maps” (log-in or create an account)
save/send/organize
GPS Visualizer tool http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
-create KML overlay using coordinates from Google
USA Photomaps http://www.jdmcox.com/
free
more data / pictures/options
a little hard to use
KML factbook  http://www.kmlfactbook.org/
-Good for displaying country-level data
-Adjust “Full Chart Value” to “data max”
example data query
save KML
display in Maps or Earth
Lighthouse Geospatial Data Gateway  http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Landcover dataset

Google Earth
Controls
Layers
Speed considerations
“Zoom in to materialize”
-Geographic Web
-Roads
-Street Views
-Panoramio
-YouTube
-3D Buildings
-Terrain
Placemarks and lines
Tours
Taking a tour
Grand Canyon Example:  http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/GrandCanyonTour.kmz
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
http://citytours.googlelabs.com/
http://www.googletouring.com/
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/google-tour/google-tour.html
http://googlesightseeing.com/

Recording a tour

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Links:
http://sites.google.com/a/kimbridges.net/google-earth-workshop/
http://geoday.nl.googlepages.com/index
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/how.html
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
100 tools:  http://mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools/
NOAA Maps:  http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Wifi hotspots near UR:  http://hotspotr.com

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