Monthly Archive for January, 2006

Sand dune transect using Magnalox

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Noel Jenkins
on January 14, 2006
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I spent part of today on Braunton Burrows investigating whether a hand-held GPS can take the place of compass, clinometer ranging poles, tape measure and general fieldwork tedium.

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I have concluded that the wonderful Magnalox does indeed offer a challenge to the traditional fieldwork method for dune transecting.

View the sand dune transect on Magnalox

There is an option to view the dune… Continue reading

Tethered images as placemarks in Google Earth

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Noel Jenkins
on January 13, 2006
in Google Earth and Photographs
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This tour of fieldwork locations in Mid Wales illustrates how it is possible to tether placemark images in Google Earth so they float above the ground, yet connect to the surface with a line.

The file is designed to be played as a Tour with the terrain turned on.

To make the placemarks I used… Continue reading

Google Tours from contributors

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Noel Jenkins
on January 13, 2006
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I really appreciate the recent batch of files and comments that have been sent to Digital Geography.

Thanks to Val Vannet for sharing her excellent tour of Dundee which would be very useful as an urban landuse investigation. download Dundee tour

Adam Lawson has sent a very interesting tour of some human and physical features of Bangladesh. download Bangladesh tour

Tony Cassidy has put together a tour of his recent Japanese exchange… Continue reading

Predjudice Map

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Noel Jenkins
on January 12, 2006
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Geography teachers might be interested in the Predjudice Map, compiled from simple Google search queries. Via the Map Room

From Google Earth to Nearby places

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Noel Jenkins
on January 11, 2006
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I discovered a really useful tool at Google Earth blog today. The Nearby placemark, click to download file adds a link from the current position in Google Earth via an information window to the corresponding location on a Google Map. Alternatively, choose to be taken to the Nearby website and a wide choice of alternative online map destinations.

It might well be that GlobeGlider will perform a… Continue reading

Running Google Earth from PowerPoint

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Noel Jenkins
on January 11, 2006
in Google Earth and Office applications
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It's possible to run a Google Earth file from within PowerPoint. I use Office XP, so the procedure could be different on other versions, but is quite straight forward. Save a Google Earth .kmz file on your computer and insert it as an object. When the Insert Object dialogue pops up choose Create From File and browse for the selected file. In PowerPoint, right click the new object and choose Action… Continue reading

Audio labels on photographs using PowerPoint

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Noel Jenkins
on January 11, 2006
in Office applications and Photographs
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It's an old technique - but fun nevertheless. Take a photograph, for example this picture of a high rise block in West London.

Trellick Tower Now copy the picture into PowerPoint. Plug a microphone into your PC and get students to add their voice annotations using the Insert / Movies and Sounds / Record Sound path. The results can be interesting… Continue reading