Maps

The Tools:
  • Google Maps
    • Search & Get Directions
    • Satellite View, Terrain View, & Traffic
    • More... (Photos, Videos, Wikipedia, Webcams)
    • Street View
    • Moon, Mars, Sky
    • My Maps: Browse & Create
  • Google Earth
    • Tour
    • Layers
    • Create Placemarks

GWE@ RRVEC Maps






Google Maps Tutorial
Google Earth Tutorial & Resources
Favorite Ways to Use Geo Apps:
*Big thanks to Google Certified Teacher, Chris Walsh for some of these links.  

Walking Tour of Pairs
Love these:

And something fun... Sampsonia Way:


**Now go to Googlemaps and search for: Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.


Oh, so funny!
Google Maps (Part I of "The Googling")

YouTube Video


Activity: Create A Multi-Media Map 
I have shared a custom map and invited you as collaborators.
  • Add a marker for your favorite place(s)
  • EXTRA:
    • Change the Icon
    • Embed text and media into the markers, including:
    • Text
    • Links
    • Images
    • Video (use the embed code)
    • Other, such as a Google Doc, Form, or Presentation

Click HERE to help edit our Favorite Places Map:

RRVEC Favorite Places


Google's collection of favorite places around the world.
Lonely Planet's Favorite Places

Integration Ideas:
 
Projects:

Other Applications:
Here are some application that you can use and then embed in Google Maps and Earth.
Google Maps in Other Languages:
Students of foreign languages can be tasked to locate cities, give directions, or create placemarks about museums, shops, geographical features and other cultural practices.

For Google Earth tutorial, ideas on how to incorporate Google Earth and other Web 2.0 tools in your classroom, go to Teens and Technology and then click on the GPS and GIS page in the left-hand column.
Teens and Technology - http://teensandtechnology.wikispaces.com


What's new with Google Maps.....
Fusion Tables:  A new way to take data from a Spreadsheet and represent it automatically on a map. 

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