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Vicnet Internet training course

Workbook 8

Google Maps, Google Earth and

Google Images

Easy English workbook

July 2010

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About the Vicnet Internet training workbooks

This workbook is part of a series of 10 workbooks

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

How to use a computer

Introduction to the Internet

Searching for information

Introduction to email

Introduction to Skype

Radio on the Internet

Working with pictures on the Internet

Google Maps, Google Images and Google Earth

Introduction to YouTube

Websites in your language

The workbooks are written in Easy English.

They provide basic information on how to use the Internet.

The workbooks should be used with a trainer.

These workbooks were developed by Vicnet at the

State Library of Victoria

The funding came from Department of Planning and

Community Development

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About the text and pictures in this workbook

The information in this workbook

is correct at the time of writing.

Websites on the Internet change

often. The text and pictures in

this workbook may be different

from those you see on the

Internet.

When writing this workbook,

Vicnet used computers with

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Microsoft XP operating system

Internet Explorer version 7.

Please check the Vicnet website

for new workbooks:

www.vicnet.net.au/publications

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What is in this book

Introduction........................................................................6

Google Maps .....................................................................7

Search for a map of a country ...........................................9

Search for a street address .............................................11

Street view.......................................................................14

Google Earth ...................................................................19

Search for a location using Google Earth........................20

Zoom in and out of Google Earth.....................................23

Google Images ................................................................29

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Introduction

In this workbook you will use

tools on the Google website to

see maps and pictures of places

around the world.

You will use

• Google Maps to look at street

maps

• Google Earth to see a

satellite view of the Earth

• Google Images to search for

pictures of countries and

people.

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Google Maps

Go to the Google web page

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

Address bar.

2. Do 1 click.

3. Type in www.google.com.au

4. Press the Enter key on the

keyboard.

You will see the Google web

page.

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5. Move your mouse over Maps

in the menu bar.

6. The mouse shape will be the

hand shape.

7. Do 1 click.

You will see the Google Maps

web page.

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Search for a map of a

country

You can search or find maps of

countries, street addresses and

major buildings.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

Search maps box.

2. Do 1 click.

3. Type in the country you would

like to find.

For example, Somalia or Italy.

4. Press the Enter key on the

keyboard.

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You will see the web page with a

map of Somalia

or a map of Italy.

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Search for a street

address

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

Search maps box.

2. Do 1 click.

3. Type in the street address you

would like to find - 18

constitucion ave granada.

4. Press the Enter key on the

keyboard.

You may see a question

Did you mean

with a suggested location.

5. If you would like to use this

location, move your mouse

over the address.

6. Do 1 click.

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You will see a web page with the

map for this address.

Looking at the map

This is the street map for the

address 18 constitucion ave

granada spain.

See the pin in the map on this

address

To get a closer look at the map,

you can zoom in on the address,

This makes the map bigger and

easier to read.

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Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the pin

This is the location of the

address on the map.

2. Do 1 click with your right

mouse button.

You will see a menu.

3. Move your mouse over Zoom

in.

4. Do 1 click with the left

mouse button.

5. Repeat steps 1 to 5 to get the

map detail that you want.

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Street view

In some locations, you can see a

picture of the buildings or

landscape of the street address.

This is called street view.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the pin

on the map.

2. Do 1 click.

You will see a white box on the

map.

3. Move your mouse over the

arrow next to more.

4. Do 1 click.

You will see a menu.

5. Move your mouse over

Street View.

6. Do 1 click.

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You will see a picture of the

street.

You can close the white box on

the picture of the street to get a

better look at the street.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

close tool – the X in the top

right corner of the white box.

2. Do 1 click.

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Move along the street

You will see a grey line with

arrows on the picture. This

allows you to move along the

street to the right or the left.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

picture to make the grey line

appear.

2. Move your mouse over one of

the arrows on the grey line.

3. Do 1 click.

The picture of the street will move.

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Change the street view

You can change the view of the

street, e.g. look along the street.

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over the four

directions icon.

2. Move the mouse over the

arrow for the direction you

want to view, e.g. right.

3. Do 1 click, or as many clicks

as you need to change the

view.

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Zooming in and out of

street view

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over the

zoom icons.

2. Click on the zoom in icon.

3. Click on the zoom out icon.

Return to the map

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over the

white X in the top right corner

of the picture.

2. Do 1 click.

You will see the map again.

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Google Earth

Google Earth gives you a satellite

view of the earth.

You will find Google Earth on the

Google maps page.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over Earth.

2. Do 1 click.

You will see the Google Earth

screen.

You can control the picture of the

Earth so that it spins and zooms

in. Be careful – this may make

some people feel dizzy.

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Search for a location

using Google Earth

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

search box.

2. Do 1 click.

3. Type in the address or

location or country you want

to look at.

4. Press the Enter key.

The Earth on the screen will spin

and zoom in to the location. Be

careful – this may make some

people feel dizzy.

You will see the satellite view of

the address.

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To see the whole picture you

can close the white box over the

picture.

5.

6.

Move the mouse over the

close tool – the X in the top

right of the white box.

Do 1 click.

The white box is now closed.

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You can enlarge the picture to

fill the whole screen.

7.

8.

Move your mouse over the

double arrows.

Do 1 click.

The picture now fills the whole

screen.

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Zoom in and out of

Google Earth

Like Google Maps, you can

zoom in to Google Earth to see a

close-up picture of the buildings

or landscape.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the pin

2. Do 1 click.

You will see a white box appear

on the map.

3. Move your mouse over the

arrow next to more.

4. Do 1 click.

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You will see a menu.

5. Move your mouse over

Zoom here.

6. Do 1 click.

You will see a closer view of the

picture.

You can close the white box on

the picture.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the X

in the top right corner of the

white box.

2. Do 1 click.

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Use the zoom tools

You can also use the zoom tools

to zoom in and zoom out.

You can find the zoom tools in

the top left corner of the picture.

Have a go

1. To zoom in, move your mouse

over the plus sign

2. Do 1 click.

3. Repeat the clicks to zoom in.

4. To zoom out, move your

mouse over the minus sign

5. Do 1 click.

6. Repeat the clicks to zoom out.

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Zoom using the mouse wheel

Another way to zoom is to use

the wheel on the mouse.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

picture.

Zoom out

2. Roll the wheel on the top of

the mouse towards you.

3. The picture will zoom out

(move further away from the

address).

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Zoom in

4. Roll the wheel away from you.

5. The picture will zoom in

(move closer to the address).

Center the picture

You can move the picture to bring

an item to the centre of the

screen, or to look at another part

of the picture.

Have a go

1. Move your mouse over the

picture.

The mouse shape will be a

hand.

2. Click and hold down the

left mouse button.

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3. Move the mouse in the

direction you want the picture

to move.

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Google Images

You can use Google Images to

search for pictures (images) on

the Internet.

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over Images

in the menu bar of the Google

website.

2. Do 1 click.

You will see the Google Images

search page.

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Search for pictures

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over the

Search Images box.

2. Do 1 click.

3. Type the subject of your

search e.g. Santiago Chile.

4. Press the Enter key on your

keyboard.

You will see the search results

page.

5.

6.

To see a picture, move your

mouse over the picture you

want to look at.

Do 1 click.

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At the top of the screen you will

see the small picture.

At the bottom of the screen you

will see the website that the

picture comes from.

The website might take a couple

of moments to load onto your

screen.

7.

8.

To see a larger version of

the picture, move your

mouse over

See full size image.

Do 1 click.

The picture is displayed.

The picture may be large or small.

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Return to the search results

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over the

Back tool.

2. Do 1 click.

3. You may need to repeat

these steps to return to the

search results page.

Return to the Google Image

home page

Have a go

1. Move the mouse over the

Google logo.

2. Do 1 click.

You will see the Google Images

home page.