As part of a large undergraduate history course he teaches about World War II, Dr. Martinez developed a mapping mashup that he introduces to the 150 students at the beginning of the semester. The mashup, which works with Google maps, represents major events leading up to and during the war. Fundamentally, it’s a map, he explains, showing them on a projection screen that it works very much like the online mapping tools students regularly use. The map covers virtually the entire globe, and users can move around the world, zooming in and out, showing the area of search as a map, satellite images, or satellite images with maps, dates, and events superimposed.
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

Google Earth™ is Google’s satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines global coverage of imagery with new navigational features including integrated Google search capabilities. It is based on technology from Keyhole, a company acquired by Google in October 2004. Google Earth is a broadband mapping tool that enables users to fly from space to street level views to find geographic information, and to explore places around the world.
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

Google Earth, a tool that combines satellite imagery, maps, terrain, and 3D buildings, has partnered with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to bring forth tangible proof of the devastation that is taking place in Darfur. It is a particularly good advocacy tool because it gives a clear visual representation of what is taking place in Darfur. Use this guide for tips on how to use Google Earth to move Darfur as a significant issue on your campus.
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

Google Earth is a virtual globe program, allowing viewers to visualize data on top of displayed satellite images of the Earth’s surface. Launched in 2005 and released to the public in 2006, Google Earth fast became a household name hailed as a revolution for humanitarian development, much as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were several decades ago. According to MapAction, “There seem at present tobe two distinct groups of humanitarian practitioners: those who are already, albeit tentatively,exploiting Google Earth and related geospatial methods in their work,and those whowill be, as soon as they see their first demonstration of its potential.” (MapAction, 2008: 9)
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

Google Earth is a free-of-charge, downloadable program that allows you to view the entire Earth from orbit with amazing clarity. It maps the entire earth as a 3d Globe by pasting together images obtained from satellite imagery and aerial photography. The Google Earth Program comes as part of Google’s free “Software Pack”. It’s a quick and easy download that you can get for free. It comes with these great free titles:
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

Your new digital projector is simple to connect, easy to use, and straightfor- ward to maintain. It is a versatile projector that is flexible enough for business presentations and home video viewing too. The IN24 has native SVGA 800×600 resolution while the IN26 has native XGA 1024×768 resolution. This guide applies to both products. They are compatible with a wide variety of computers and video devices, including:
• IBM-compatible computers, including laptops, up to 1024×768 resolution for the IN24 and 1400x 1050 for the IN26.
• Apple® Macintosh® and PowerBook® computers up to 1024×768 resolution for the IN24 and 1400x 1050 for the IN26.
• Most standard VCRs, DVD players (progressive and interlaced), progressive DVD, HDTV sources, TV and satellite tuners, camcorders, video games, and laser disc players
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

NASA Image2000 is an image processing software package available on multiple platforms, designed to bring high-end scientific image processing capabilities to the standard desktop computer. (See Minimum Specifications in Section 1.2 for limitations for Mac and Unix operating systems.) Developed to meet the needs of educators, NASA Image2000 supports the display, analysis and processing of satellite imagery.
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments

Alexander is writing a paper about the Lewis and Clark expedition, focusing on a critical decision. When the party arrived at a fork in the river in June 1805, the crew believed the north fork was the proper route; Captains Lewis and Clark thought the south course would get them to the Pacific Ocean. Alexander looks at the area on Google Earth.Com, which helps him understand the geography of this part of Montana. Alexander decides to supplement his paper with a visualization from Google Earth. He has a complete set of Lewis and Clark’s maps, in JPEG format, from their journey. He carefully overlays their maps onto the im- ages in Google Earth, adding placemarks for important milestones.
Read the rest of this entry »

• 0 Comments