Created By: Donielle Whitman & John Hannam

Lindsay Westberg and Kati Vanhorne

Ayrial Haarer

WHAT IS GOOGLE EARTH????

---->Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus, which includes additional features; and Google Earth Pro, which is intended for commercial use.

GOOGLE EARTH 4.3 ..... GET IT NOW!!!

First step is to download it... http://earth.google.com/

Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

What can it be used for?

• New!!! View Photo-realistic Buildings
• Get Driving Directions
• View Day & Night
• Use Layers to see Traffic, Buildings, Weather, etc.
• Use Swoop Navigation
• Post/View Pictures of your Travels
• Find Local Information
• Measure Distances
• Explore the Solar System/Constellations

Features:

• Sky Mode - On August 22, 2007, Google Earth added a Sky tool for viewing stars and astronomical images
• Street View -Google Street View provides 360° panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level.
• Wikipedia and Panoramio Integration - In Wikipedia, entries are scraped for coordinates via the Coord templates
• Flight Simulator - This features the ability to fly to any supported locations of the world. The pilot can choose any location to start a flight or attempt to land a flight in the world.

White House

Who can use it?

Anyone who has interenet access.

The different versions: 

Google Earth -  Free Download

Tutorial Site: http://earth.google.com/tour.html

Google Earth Plus - $20

For Home or Personal Use

Google Earth Pro - $400 

7 Day Trail Available

For Professional and Commercial Use

Educational Applications:

These sites are designed to help with anything you need, whether it be how-to's,  ideas for the classroom, or just finding out new information.

Check 'em out!! 

The Map Room

A web site about using Google’s stuff in the classroom

http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2006/10/google_earth_in_2.php

Google Earth Blog

A place to gain information, news, updates, tips and more.

http://www.gearthblog.com/

Google Earth Community

Join the Forums to ask questions, view new products, share your knowledge, etc. There are endless possibilites in Google Earth Community.

 bbs.keyhole.com

GELessons.com

A Free public resource assisting teachers in using Google Earth® in their classroom.

http://gelessons.com/ 

Google for Educators

Helpful ideas for the classroom

http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html

Atomic Learning

This is a teaching search engine that shows movie tutorials in how to work things such as Google Earth.

www.atomiclearning.com

Here is a short, easy to follow video from Atomic Learning on how to navigate through Google Earth

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/movie/k12/36004/play

Track Santa Claus!!!

Here is a blog that helps Google Earth users track Santa for the holidays!

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/12/google_earth_and_santa_claus.html