Google Maps/Earth

19 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for Using Google Earth and Google Maps

19 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for Using Google Earth and Google Maps

Thank you for attending my session and for visiting the site. On this page you’ll find all of the information and references I presented, plus more for you to play with on your own. In the interest of full disclosure, you’ll find more than the “19″ bits of material noted in the title, so... »

Last updated August 31st, 2010

Building Tours in Google Earth

Building Tours in Google Earth

If you attended my workshop session at the 2010 JOSTI Conference, thank you! I hope you enjoyed the session and learned something you can use in your classroom. All of the materials we used, step-by-step directions for the processes I showed, and any sites I referenced are linked from this page, along with other information... »

Last updated June 28th, 2010

Adding Your Media to a Google Earth Tour

Adding Your Media to a Google Earth Tour

It’s very easy to add images, audio, video and other media pieces to your balloons in a Google Earth layer as long as they are already on the web. Many media sharing sites like Flickr and YouTube give you the necessary code right on the same page. However, it’s not all that difficult to... »

Last updated November 27th, 2009

Creating Projects in Google Earth

Creating Projects in Google Earth

Thank you for attending the workshop. While we didn’t have time to turn you into an expert, I hope you left with some good ideas of how you can create your own layers in Google Earth. This page includes links to all the activities we used during the session along with many more to... »

Last updated June 21st, 2009

Introduction to Google Sketchup

Introduction to Google Sketchup

There are many tutorials for learning Google’s SketchUp software on the web, including a large collection of videos on YouTube. On this page you’ll find links to some of the best introductory training, many of which were used as the core activities during our workshop, along with other resources for continuing your learning about... »

Last updated June 14th, 2009