Google Earth blog has discovered a most interesting site that generates a personalized placemark called a GE Card. Essentially it’s a link that can be added to an email or forum post that displays the kind of information you might include in an electronic signature but within Google Earth.
GE Card generator is in French, but is quite intuitive to use and has a nifty way to locate the co-ordinates for the placemark using Google Maps.
I created the link below using the generator, and an image from Flickr.
GECard - Digital [Google Earth signature]
Once you have created your personal GE Card, it’s easy to edit the details from within Google Earth. The screenshot below shows a modified GE Card. Just right click and edit the placemark, and although a rudimentary knowledge of html could be helpful, it’s not really necessary. GE Card might make a good activity for a modern language or Geography lesson. Students could create cards to illustrate all kinds of information.
modified GE Card
Right click on the placemark and choose ‘Edit’ to see what changes were made to the HTML of the standard card.
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