Google Earth Across Curriculum

DISD 2011

Get to know the Google Earth Tool. Learn about KML and KMZ files to show

information on your activities. Making your own information for sharing. Export KML/Z. Cache for offline use. Research to find lessons to use next school

year.

Agenda

http://www.todaysmeet.com/googleearth

How have you used google earth? What would you like to learn today?

Today’s Meet…….

◦ Zoom Zoom In – SCROLL + UP Zoom Out – SCROLL + DOWN

◦ Pan – LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN◦ Tilt

Tilt to Horizontal _ SHIFT + DOWN Tilt to Vertical – SHIFT+UP

◦ Rotate Clockwise - SHIFT and RIGHT Anticlockwise – SHIFT and LEFT

Navigation

Rotate

Tilt

Pan

Zoom

Fly to Name of Place (Need to be online) Latitude or Longitude 51.199000, -0.535150

Directions – get directions from: - Dublin, Ireland - to Dublin, Texas Now fly it!

Finding and Locating Places

Measurement Tool

Historical Imagery: Back to 1950

Placemarks and Tours

Exploring Moon, Mars, and Sky

Let’s Check Out Some Resources

My Places/Temporary Places

• Information which you add to the map is organised into layers

• Some of these are within folders

• Needs good data management

Toolbar1. Toggle menus2. Add placemark3. Add an area4. Add a line5. Add an image6. Record a tour7. Show historical imagery8. Dark/Light9. Switch between earth, sky and

other planets10. Ruler11. Print12. Email13. Publish in Google Maps

• Click to create a new placemark• Enter a sensible Name• You can add more details in the description• You can change the Symbol, Style, Colour.• Don’t forget to press OK to save it

Make a placemark to represent a building. Choose an appropriate symbol.

Making a Placemark

• Similar to Placemarks• Multiple clicks to mark

each vertex of the area• Give the area a name• Add a description• Can set style, colour • and Outline and Opacity

(for area)• Don’t forget to press OK

to save it

Making an Area

Allows you to switch between different ages of imagery

What has been the biggest change to these grounds which you can spot from the available imagery?

Historical Imagery

KML is a form of XML. Very simple language KMZ is just a zipped form of KML You can export a single feature, groups of

features, features stored in folders Right Click on the feature/folder to export

and go to Save Place As Create a folder, put your point and area into

it, and export the folder.

Exporting KML/KMZ

Using Google Earth offline

First connect to the internet, launch GE, and clear its disk cache: tools > options > cache > clear disk cache > OK

◦ In GE, make sure that the borders and roads layers are switched on; zoom to the affected area; and systematically ‘sweep’ it at an appropriate level of resolution. As you do this, the background imagery is cached to disk.

◦ Next time you open your computer, the imagery will still show, even if you are offline

Using Google Earth offline

Need a break?

English Language Arts: Map an autobiography, Google Lit Trips http://googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

Math: Measure distances, angles, depths, elevations http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html

Social Studies: Create you own military campaigns, Compare Contrast views of cities today to past, Go on a virtual field trip. http://www.kmlfactbook.org/#&db=ciafb&table=2002&col=2008&

Uses of Google Earth

Science: Space Exploration, Sky Mode, Moon Mode, Analyze Earthquake Data, Look at Endangered Species habits.

Health and Physical Education: Virtual climb of Mount Everest,

Uses of Google Earth

http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/

Let’s find a project………

Your turn…………………………

Creating KML and KMZ files