Google Geo Tools
Agenda
Quick Overview (Make your own Copy)
Google Geo Tools
- Google Maps - Great for directions and exploration but not much else.
- My Maps - The map creation tool for the Google Maps. Create customized maps with layers and data sets.
- Google Street View App - 360 degree photos
- Tour Builder - Newest customized mapping program. Tutorial - Sample Tour
- Google Earth (Web) - https://earth.google.com
- Google Earth Desktop - Must be installed on any computer that can run it.
- Google Earth has iOS and Android apps that allow you to view Google Earth .
- Google Sky - Web-based images of outer space.
- NEW Google Maps in Space - A combination of Google Earth, Street View, and planets in our Solar System.
- Mapping tools that can help you change the world. - Google Earth Out Reach
- Become a Google Mapping Expert - Google Earth Outreach - Tutorials
- Google Arts & Culture - Learn something new every day
Resources
- Google Lit Trips - Many have been revamped so that Google Earth is not needed.
- Google Maps Streetview Gallery
- Earth View extension for Chrome - Adds a satellite image from Google Maps every time you open a new tab.
- Google Street View Tour of Diagon Alley
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- The Hobbit: Battle of Middle Earth in Google Maps
- Google Geo Tools Google Search
- Instant Google Street View.com & Instant Google Street View.net
- 10 Amazing Google Geo Tools - Kasey Bell
Resources Links for Google Geo Tools
My Maps
Resources:
- About Google Maps: It's more than getting directions
- My Maps Gallery - Maps Shared by others and your My Maps
- My Maps Samples - Templates to download (kml files)
- How to Download kml Files from Google Maps - Richard Byrne
- Google Maps for Education: Lessons and Resources from Google.
- Google Earth Walks - Student solve real world problems using Google Geo Tools and GPS.
- Geo4Edu - Kurt Wismer - His site is amazing and curated. It includes student lessons and lots of resources for Google Maps, Earth, and now VR.
- Google Maps for Educators
- Fun with Google Maps
More Resource Presentations:
- Student Created My Maps - Austin Houp
- Map it with Google Maps - Kimberly Mattina
- Gearing Up with Google Maps - Iosif - Good explanation of Google Maps and the rest.
Google Tour Builder
Resources:
- Tour Builder site
- Eric Curt's Template for adding images to Tourbuilder
- Text Template for TourBuilder (Eric Curts)
Google Tour Creator
Google Tour Creator - Create 360 VR tours
Google Tour Creator Basic Walk Through - Steve Brambury - Blog post: In the Golden Circle: Tour Creator
How to Use Google Tour Creator with Students - Brian Buffington - Pioneer RESA Tech
Google Earth (Web)
Resources:
The web version of Google Earth will run on a Chromebook.
- Using Google Lit Trips on New Google Earth (Eric Curts)
- Create Your Own Lit Trips for New Google Earth (Eric Curts)
More resources to come. Be aware that this is a limited version of Google Earth an many of the things you can do in Tour Builder and the desktop version will not work.
Google Earth (Desktop)
- Karen's Google Earth Resource Folder - Includes step-by-step directions on how to create Google Earth place marks. Also cut-and-paste html code for advanced customization.
- Karen's Creative Story In Google Earth KMZ File
- Google Earth Blog - Unofficial
- An Easy Way to find Google Earth Tours - Richard Byrne
- Google Earth Outreach blog
Expeditions
Resources:
You will need the Google Expeditions App, the Google Street View App, the Cardboard App and the Cardboard Camera App - All are available on iOS and Android.
Google Expeditions - VR experiences you can share with your class using Google Cardboard or not.
Google Geo VR - From the Google Earth Blog
Apps for Google Cardboard - From Google
Other Resources
- Lit Trips on Chromebooks with the New Google Earth - Eric Curts
- Create your own Lit Trips (and more) for Google Earth - Eric Curts
- 10 Amazing Google Geo Tools for Your Classroom - Kasey Bell
- kmz file - plate tectonics (you will need to download this. It can be uploaded to either Google Earth or My Maps.)
- Geo4Edu - Kurt Wismer -His site is amazing and curated. It includes student lessons and lots of resources for Google Maps, Earth, and now VR.
- Google Earth for Educators Ideas about using Google Earth with your students.
- Fun with Google Earth
- Record Mp3 Online - Record mp3 audio online for free - No log in required
- VR Apps I like: Google Arts and Culture - iOS/Android, Discover VR- iOS/Android, NYTVR- iOS/Android, Within- iOS/Android, Virtual Speech- iOS/Android, Sites in VR- iOS/Android, VR Moon- iOS/Android, 1600- iOS/Android, Quiver- iOS/Android.
Fun Stuff: Games and More
The Secret Door | Smarty Pins | Google Art & Cultural Institute | Google Treks |Google Lit Trips | Land Lines | placeSpotting |
Geo Greeting | Cycling the Alps | Earth Picker | Mission Map Quest | Tower Defense in Google Maps |
GeoGuessr | GeoSettr (GeoGuessr Pro Account required) |Geo Guns - Turn any maps in to a battlefield |
I Know Where Your Cat Lives - Geo tagged cat pictures from Instagram| Google Maps Street View Gallery |
World of Music | The Hobbit: Battle of Middle Earth | Google Street View Tour of Diagon Alley |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | I Know Where Your Cat Lives - Cat pictures from Instagram|
Earth View extension for Chrome - Adds a satellite image from Google Maps every time you open a new tab.|
Terrapattern Alpha (visual search engine for Google Earth still limited) | Google Night Walk - Headphones are recommended.
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