Archive for the 'Google Maps' Category
University, YouTube, Google Earth and the wider community
Well I did it. I finally managed to embed a YouTube video within Google Earth for all to see. Google Earth is virtual globe , which sits on your desktop, and is created from superimposed images obtained from satellite imagery and aerial photography, (for more info click here and download it from here - its […]
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Interactive Google Maps
Increasingly in my spare time I’m playing around with Google Maps. Last night I decided to plot primary school blogs sites on a a google map. So you can have an interactive map with areas you can click on for more info. As you can see from below you can then embed it within your […]
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Google Maps and Earth
I’m still slogging away at creating a teaching guide for blogs. At the moment I’m collating all the information and references together. Hopefully by next week I will be starting to work on the final guide. Anyway something that is currently piquing my interest is the use of Google Earth and Google Maps for education […]
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Using mashups in education
As ever the wonderful Educause site have produced a succinct guide, this time focusing on mapping mashups.
Basically a website that combines information from more than one source to create a unique website, i.e. a unique experience. One of the more common example of a mashup is a mapped mashup which involves geo location data (maps).
Usually […]
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