On this page I show how Google Earth can be employed to underpin a realistic decision-making process, acting as a comprehensive GIS that allows students of all abilities to analyse complex spatial data with ease. Overlays provide detailed information on population density, household income, liquefaction and landslide potential as well as underlying geology. In addition, students can draw on the native Google Earth layers such as 3D buildings, roads, railways, terrain and public buildings, to inform their decisions. There is plenty of scope for independent research, and students should be able to access the highest levels of achievement in both Geography and ICT.
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This is the first in a series of posts in which I’ll try to show how it is possible to make use of a hand-held GPS in the classroom.
In order to follow the example, you’ll need a hand-held GPS. I use a Garmin, mainly because of the outstanding compatibility across various software packages. In addition, the freeware GPS data manager GPS Utility or Easy GPS is required.
Scenario: Kids have been out with a hand-held GPS marking the location of traditional signposts for a simple mapping project. The method is starightforward, at each signpost discovery, simply record a waypoint in the GPS. Connect the unit up to a computer and download the waypoints to a GPS data manager such as Easy GPS and save them as a .GPX file. (The waypoints can equally be saved as a .KML file for viewing in Google Earth)
Now visit GPS Visualizer and upload your .GPX file into the Google Maps form. Then prepare to be very happy as your waypoints appear on the map! Here is an example using actual data:
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