Google Earth for Digital Earth Teaching and Learning

Google Earth for Digital Earth Teaching and Learning fqi@kean. edu Feng Qi , Department of Geology & Meteorology Kean University

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How to obtain a copy Download free version: http: //earth. google. com/ Plus version ($20)—too bad, discontinued : - GPS device support - faster performance - import spreadsheets - higher resolution printing Pro version ($400): - GIS data import, etc.

Google Earth Functions l Interactive view satellite (aerial) images over topography (historical images V. 5) l Vast amount of information on Placemarks accessible online l Measure distance, elevation, position l Customize: overlay your own image or map or GIS data (for GIS data, with pro version) l New with Google Earth 5: Ocean, Mars, historical images.

What you can do with it l See the past l Map the current l Model the future

Google Earth Guides/Tutorials Click links below to access the corresponding websites: – – Google Earth Virtual Tour Google Earth users guide How Google Earth works Google Earth Manual for Earth Science Teachers (you can also request a copy via email)

Data Sources Click the following links to connect to the online data resources: Google Earth Community Forums Google Earth Hacks Google Ocean Google Earth Explorer Google Sightseeing

Useful Data Sets • Some Google Earth files downloaded from the websites mentioned on the previous page and cover the following topics: • Real time earthquakes, global oil consumption, and many climate and weather characteristics • Other data sets that can be found online: • Current world volcanoes: http: //bbs. keyhole. com/ubb/showthreaded. php/Cat/0/Number/171925/p age/0/vc/1 • US Census data by state by category: http: //www. juiceanalytics. com/writing/census-data-in-google-earth/ • USGS Stream flow kml (can build real time streamflow kml): http: //water. usgs. gov/waterwatch/? m=real&w=kml • NRCS Water supply forecast data: http: //www. wcc. nrcs. usda. gov/wsf/earth/index. html

Free Tools to support Google Earth Click links to get access to the corresponding websites: • GPS visualizer: convert GPS data to kml also with Coloring and resizing functions! • Earth-plot, Earth-paint, Earth-shape: tools to create plot, image, contour layers in GE

Google Earth Applications in Geo. Science Education • Landscape Visualization • Virtual field trips/pre-field trip study • Measurement • Spatial patterns and relationships • Topographic Map Interpretation • Help Decision-making with multiple data layers • …

Google Earth Applications-cases • ‘Google Earth in the classroom’ by Alan Roger • ‘Teaching with GPS and Google Earth’ by Juicy Geography • ‘Google Earth map analysis’ by Aida Awad • A virtual tour or ‘pre-lab’ to prepare for a field trip by Erica Cline • Modeling sea level change with google earth on the gold coast: http: //www. juicygeography. co. uk/sealevel