Explore Your World - Virtual Globetrotting À quoi sert la néogéographie (introduction) Aujourd’hui nous entamons une série de plusieurs billets sur la néogéographie. L’objectif est de présenter cette notion et d’étudier ce qu’elle permet réellement. À quoi sert la néogéographie (introduction) Le cyberespace moderne propose une palette d’outil qui permet à tout individu, contre certaines bases dans le maniement des outils informatiques, de pouvoir créer et diffuser du savoir géographique. Ce sont les Anglo-saxons, souvent précurseurs dans l’étude du cyberespace (Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin, Howard Rheingold plus Manuel Castells espagnol) qui font aujourd’hui office de référence dans notre domaine. Andrew Turner définit alors la néogéographie comme « geographical techniques and tools used for personal activities or for utilization by a nonexpert group of users; not formal or analytical […] Neogeography means “new geography” and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems.
Google Lat Long Juicy Geography: Using Google Earth in the classroom Teaching ideas, guides, downloadable files and links to other resources can all be found at Juicy Geography's Google Earth blog. This page is regularly updated, and features original lesson plans and resources, suitable for KS3, KS4 and K12, that have all been thoroughly tested in the classroom. The lessons include: “Stonehenge Management” This lesson is designed to demonstrate the potential of Google Earth as a real world decision making tool. “Visualizing a Safer City” This task promotes spatial thinking and utilizes Google Earth as a simple GIS. “Sea level rise on the Gold Coast” Students create maps of sea-level change and assess the likely impact on the Gold Coast. “His Dark Materials” This lesson idea combines the study of the classic modern children’s book Northern Lights with an investigation in Google Earth, as students find out about an extreme, and fascinating land. “The Diamond Trade” “Montserrat Crisis Management” “Jurrasic Coast” “Exeter’s CBD”
Tout sur Google Earth - Portail Monde géonumérique The World According To Google - satellite pictures of the most interesting places on the World, satellite maps » Towers There is an old legend about king Popiel and his wife Rycheza: Prince Popiel (or Duke Popiel), legendary 9th century ruler of the Polanie or Goplanie tribe. For now there is no archeological evidence of the existence of any such person. According to legend, he was the last member of pre-Piast dynasty, Popielids. As the legend goes, Prince Popiel was an inadequate ruler who cared only for wine, women, and song and who was greatly influenced by his wife Ryska, a beautiful German princess who desired power. (more..)
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? 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 Teaching Geologic Map Interpretation with Google Earth This module includes a new approach to teaching map interpretation and locations for teaching structural geology, a gallery of instructional images.Google Earth and Geoscience Education - a summary of Google Earth and its application in the geoscience classroom.
GeoInWeb — GeoWeb, Information géographique, Mashups, APIs carto 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. 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. District Taxi Fare Estimator - A taxi fare estimator provided by the Washington Post that shows travel routes in Google Maps. Dublin Public Transport Advisor - A trip planner for public transportation in and around Dublin.
Google Earth Library 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. 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! The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) have added real time bus tracking to their Google Map of routes and buses.