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Teaching with Google Earth. Created by Glenn A. Richard, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University A Complete Guide to Using Google Earth in the Geoscience Classroom What is Google Earth? - provides Google Earth basics, including descriptions of the three versions of the program.Becoming Familiar with Google Earth - provides information about web resources and books for learning how to use Google Earth. Why Teach with Google Earth? Classroom Activities: Ready-to-use Ready to get started teaching with Google Earth? Contribute a Teaching Activity If you have a Google Earth activity you would like to share with the community, please use our Contribute an Activity form to upload your materials. More Google Earth Pedagogy from On the Cutting Edge. Ogle Earth | Notes on the political and scientific impact of digital maps and geospatial imagery.

Kmlfactbook.org. Earth. Google Earth Library. Scribble Maps - Draw on google maps with scribblings and more! Fun stuff for Google Earth. Google Earth Links. Google Sightseeing — Discover the world via Google Maps and Google Earth. Explore Your World - Virtual Globetrotting. Google Earth Blog - The amazing things about Google Earth.

L'Atlantide découverte via Google Earth ? Top 10 des trouvailles Google Earth. Google Maps World Gazetteer | maplandia.com. Tout sur Google Earth - Portail. Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups. Most people think of Google Maps in terms of finding a place or business, or getting directions from one point to another. Others use the satellite images and terrain mapping features. But there are tons of other uses out there for Google maps. From mapping the weather and news to mapping things that aren't maps at all, like paintings or magazines, Google Maps has a lot to offer. And there are free tools available out there for those who want to use the Google Maps API without doing a bunch of coding. Have a favorite Google Maps tool or mashup? Travel and Transportation Mapness - An online travel journal that interfaces with Google Maps to show where you've been.

The AA Route Planner - Plan trips around the UK. Montreal Metro Map - A complete map of Montreal Metro stations. TubeJP - A London Tube journey planner using Google Maps that also incorporates a search function to find local businesses. Dublin Public Transport Advisor - A trip planner for public transportation in and around Dublin. Real Time Google Maps. A new section, 'real-time maps', has been added to the Google Maps Mania Directory today. Here are the initial Google Maps mashups added to the directory in this category: TwitterVisionTwitterVision is the granddaddy of real time Google Maps mashups. The map pulls in Tweets from Twitter plots them on the fly. Set Twittervision in motion and watch people from all over the world start twittering away! Real Time Satellite TrackingThis website lets you load any satellite and track it live on Google Maps.

Have a look at the screencast below to get an idea of what it looks like. Real Time Satellite Tracking from Keir Clarke on Vimeo. The site shows all satellites as seen in the sky above an elevation of 5°. Flyrader.nu This is an awesome map of real-time flights over Sweden. Other Flight Tracking Maps GMaps Flight Tracker - inbound flight maps to some busy U.S. airports: Atlanta, Boston, JFK New York, Los Angeles and ChicagoNorth American flight tracker!