Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Pew Environment Group 9:30am - 3:00pm Agenda9:30 – 10am: Introduction -- Brief group introductions -- Using free online geo tools to communicate your ideas and projects -- Overview of Google's Geo tools 10am – 12:30pm: Creating content with Google Earth/Ocean (hands-on with laptops) -- Adding data -- Adding photos, slideshows, and videos in pop-up balloons -- Importing GPS and GIS data -- Creating a narrated tour -- Embedding on a blog or website 12:30 – 1:00pm: Lunch 1:00 – 1:30pm: Creating content with Google MyMaps (hands-on with laptops) -- Adding data -- Adding photos and videos -- Collaborating -- Embedding on a blog or website 1:30 – 2:30pm: Using Google Fusion Tables for organizing, visualizing, and easily mapping your larger datasets (hands-on with laptops) All slides from Google Mapping Training can be downloaded here. A PDF of a workbook (printable copy of the online tutorials) can be downloaded here (coming soon). ExamplesGoogle Earth examples:
* This layer appears in the "Ocean" group in Google Earth's Layers Panel (available for everyone to see when they open Google Earth). Google Maps:
More examples: | Data and resources need for workshopGoogle Earth hands-on
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Google Earth Training @ Pew
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Pew Environment Group 9:30am - 3:00pm |