Comments on: Creating geographic information connections with Google Maps http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:07:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Jakes http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42616 David Jakes Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:12:26 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42616 Wes: thanks for your kind comments about my presentation. At this time, GM does not support embed codes from the sites I demonstrated, only GE does that. Additionally, the help pages at Maps says you can embed video, but there seems to be a bug in the code. Others have said the same thing in discussion boards. I see GM as an initial design environment for teachers, and then having them transition into design in Earth for more specialized projects. I also think that it is only a matter of time before Maps adds this kind of capability. Wes: thanks for your kind comments about my presentation. At this time, GM does not support embed codes from the sites I demonstrated, only GE does that. Additionally, the help pages at Maps says you can embed video, but there seems to be a bug in the code. Others have said the same thing in discussion boards. I see GM as an initial design environment for teachers, and then having them transition into design in Earth for more specialized projects. I also think that it is only a matter of time before Maps adds this kind of capability.

]]> By: Andy B http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42604 Andy B Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:05:29 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42604 I am liking the Picasa Photo pages too. You can mark the geographic location of the photos taken and they will publish to the Picasa Web Albums on Google Maps. I am liking the Picasa Photo pages too. You can mark the geographic location of the photos taken and they will publish to the Picasa Web Albums on Google Maps.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42560 Wesley Fryer Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:17:42 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42560 Thanks for those links, Elizabeth, I hadn't seen flashearth.com or mapwing. I definitely agree that creating interactive maps can be much more engaging than just creating PowerPoint presentations! When your students finish their tours please send me the link to one or more of their KML files and I'll check them out! :-) Thanks for those links, Elizabeth, I hadn’t seen flashearth.com or mapwing. I definitely agree that creating interactive maps can be much more engaging than just creating PowerPoint presentations! When your students finish their tours please send me the link to one or more of their KML files and I’ll check them out! :-)

]]> By: Elizabeth Helfant http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42543 Elizabeth Helfant Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:27:37 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42543 Great Post and I now have some work to do with google maps. I haven't done the profile page but will get it that after some football and some mandatory school work. We are using google earth as a presentation tool in World History. Its much more fun to make google earth placemarks than ppt slides and they tend to do a better job of using images and then actually speaking instead of reading text intensive slides. This week we used google earth as a backdrop for their googlepage assignment on african Kingdoms. We created a tour in google earth with the placeholder giving the link to the googlepages and the questions they needed to answer. They took the tour and looked for answers at their seats. We have also used click2map.com and mapwing.com to do cool map things. A final app that might interest you is http://www.flashearth.com/ Great Post and I now have some work to do with google maps. I haven’t done the profile page but will get it that after some football and some mandatory school work.

We are using google earth as a presentation tool in World History. Its much more fun to make google earth placemarks than ppt slides and they tend to do a better job of using images and then actually speaking instead of reading text intensive slides. This week we used google earth as a backdrop for their googlepage assignment on african Kingdoms. We created a tour in google earth with the placeholder giving the link to the googlepages and the questions they needed to answer. They took the tour and looked for answers at their seats.

We have also used click2map.com and mapwing.com to do cool map things.

A final app that might interest you is http://www.flashearth.com/

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42541 Dean Shareski Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:45:06 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42541 Embedding and also the easy movement between Google Earth and Google Maps is a huge development. I created a similar travelouge of my youtube videos. http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/09/06/video-adventures-in-google-earth/ Easily done. Placed based learning should really take off as a result of these improvements. Embedding and also the easy movement between Google Earth and Google Maps is a huge development. I created a similar travelouge of my youtube videos.

http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/09/06/video-adventures-in-google-earth/

Easily done. Placed based learning should really take off as a result of these improvements.

]]> By: Lesley Edwards http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42539 Lesley Edwards Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:18:59 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42539 I've known about Google maps for a bit but am always interested to see the twists other people put on it. The Shanghai picture was striking. When you then look at the map the shadows have even more impact. Loved the Vancouver photos and glad you got to visit Stanley Park before the big wind storm we had last fall. You would see a very different park today with hundreds of trees missing. I wonder how often Google updates their maps. I think you'd see a vast difference if you compared a google map of the park from two years ago to today? This would be a great way to study impact. I’ve known about Google maps for a bit but am always interested
to see the twists other people put on it. The Shanghai picture
was striking. When you then look at the map the shadows have
even more impact. Loved the Vancouver photos and glad you got to
visit Stanley Park before the big wind storm we had last fall.
You would see a very different park today with hundreds of
trees missing. I wonder how often Google updates their maps.
I think you’d see a vast difference if you compared a google map
of the park from two years ago to today? This would be a great
way to study impact.

]]> By: Paul Wilkinson http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-42513 Paul Wilkinson Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:20:40 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/11/04/creating-geographic-information-connections-with-google-maps/#comment-42513 Hi Wesley Seeing as you posted this I thought I might add a question here and you or your readers might be able to help me. I have started a project called Run to Meet You at http://runtomeetyou.wikispaces.com/ we have tried a few different Google maps sites but the most useful one so far that I have found is http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/44311 Unfortunately for me it doesn't have the option of showing the distance in km. I found http://www.webwalking.com/ but it doesn't let us save the route. What I'd really love is one where I can mark a route in km and add to the route over time as well as adding notes and photos to the map. If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be most appreciative. Cheers Paul Wilkinson paulwilkinson1@gmail.com Hi Wesley

Seeing as you posted this I thought I might add a question here and you or your readers might be able to help me. I have started a project called Run to Meet You at
http://runtomeetyou.wikispaces.com/

we have tried a few different Google maps sites but the most useful one so far that I have found is

http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/44311

Unfortunately for me it doesn’t have the option of showing the distance in km.

I found

http://www.webwalking.com/

but it doesn’t let us save the route. What I’d really love is one where I can mark a route in km and add to the route over time as well as adding notes and photos to the map.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I’d be most appreciative.

Cheers

Paul Wilkinson
paulwilkinson1@gmail.com

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