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Meg Stewart   January 23, 2013
Teaching with Google Earth
Virtual globes
                        Mars




                        Venus




                        Moon

                                ArcGIS
                                Explorer
Celestia   World Wind
Advantages of Google Earth
•   Easy to use
•   Cross-platform
•   Making place marks (points, lines, polygons)
•   Image overlays
•   Easy to share files (KML or KMZ)
•   No cost (it’s free!)
Disadvantages of Google Earth
Can’t query, buffer, or clip data as in GIS
Can’t do quantitative analysis
Can’t do cartography
There is no stated accuracy
Google Earth for Teaching
Loaded with geographically contextual
 information
Appropriate for educational use on a wide
 range of topics and disciplines
Useful for inquiry-based activities
Has a large and active user community
Can easily be incorporated into lecture
 discussion
What is KML or KMZ?
KML is like DOC, XLS, or PPT. It is the file
 extension for a Google Earth project file
KML stands for Keyhole Markup
 Language
KMZ stands for Keyhole Markup
 Language Zipped
Scholarly uses of Google Earth
Art – History – Literature - Science




 http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm
Trinidad and Water Issues
Lois Gibbs and
her children




                 Love Canal
Kyaukpyu, 9 March 2012


    Burma


                                                 Kyaukpyu, 25 October, 2012




http://ogleearth.com/2012/10/imagery-of-
sectarian-destruction-in-burmas-rakhine-state-
now-on-google-earth/
The Grenadines
The Grenadines
The Grenadines
Network links to real-time data
Rome – Then and Now
Mississippi River tour
Earth Science




Source--Steve Whitmeyer:
http://csmres.jmu.edu/Geollab/Whit
meyer/web/visuals/visualizations.ht
ml
Algeria




http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/18/world/africa/site-of-kidnapping-in-algeria.html
Ocean
Moon
Contact:
meg.stewart@fulbrightmail.org

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