The Crib Sheets:
The Tools: (brief demo)
Overview: Google Maps (workshop outline)
- Search & Get Directions
- Satellite View, Terrain View, & Traffic
- Street View
- More... (Photos, Videos, Wikipedia, Webcams)
- My Maps: Browse & Create
- Google Maps Help
Activity: Collaborative "Favorite/Wish List Places" Map
- Access to our collaborative map is here.
- Add a place marker identifying your favorite place.
- Add content to the place marker using the rich text editing tools.
- Advanced: Change the icon
- Even more advanced: Add an image or other media to the place marker using the HTML editor.
To embed media within your placemarker however you will need to put the following html code into the properties or get info of your placemarker. To create a website link enter: <a href="http://your_link_here">Your text here!</a>
To embed a photo in Placemarker: <img src="http://www.image_url"><p> Your text here!<p>
In each case replace the blue link with your copied link and the red "your text here" with your own description.
To place a video within the placemarker simply put this into your location: <embed src="http://your_video_on_the_web_link" width="720" height="495" controller="true" autoplay="true">
- Explore some of your colleagues favorite places...
Our Map
GWE CT: Our Favorite Places in the WorldGoogle Map
Additional Street View Resources Are Located HereCurriculum Integration IdeasProjects:Google Maps in Other Languages:Reference URL's Google Lat-Long Blog http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/ |
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