Using Google Earth to Create Place-based Learning Experiences Online and in Class
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Ed Sharron, Science Communication Specialist National Park Service U.S. Department of Interior Inventory & Monitoring Program Northeast Temperate Network Using Google Earth to Enhance Place-based Learning Experiences On-line and in the Classroom Teaching the Hudson Valley Institute 7/26/11
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Presentation given by Ed Sharron, science communications specialist, Inventory and Monitoring, NE Temperate Network, NPS, during 2011 THV summer institute, Place & the Digital Native: Using Technology and Social Media to Teach the Hudson Valley
Transcript of Using Google Earth to Create Place-based Learning Experiences Online and in Class
Ed Sharron, Science Communication Specialist
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of Interior
Inventory & Monitoring ProgramNortheast Temperate Network
Using Google Earth to Enhance Place-based Learning Experiences
On-line and in the Classroom
Teaching the Hudson Valley Institute7/26/11
What is Inventory & Monitoring?
"...to promote and regulate the use of the...national parks...which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of Interior
Inventory & Monitoring ProgramNortheast Temperate Network
- More than 270 parks - Organized into a system of 32 ecoregional networks
What is Inventory & Monitoring?
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of Interior
Inventory & Monitoring ProgramNortheast Temperate Network
The Northeast Temperate Network (NETN) was established by the National Park Service to monitor ecological conditions in 13 units of the NPS in seven northeastern states.
I. Overview
Wanted: A method to easily* distribute and display science projects to National Parks and the public.
* Easy to build, easy to use, easy to maintain.
I. OverviewSolution: Google Earth/KML• Easy to Build: Based on free software; large online help community; end product is a simple file. • Easy to Use: Flexible, intuitive interface for developer and user. • Easy to Maintain: Base imagery and tools are someone else’s problem! Anyone with Google Earth can make changes.
II. Definitions
KML: Keyhole Markup Language; file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser (e.g. Google Earth, Google Maps)
KMZ: KML files and their related images can be compressed using zip format into KMZ archives.
III. Two Paths to go down
ArcGIS SoftwareBoundaries
Vegetation
Geology
Other Data
Landmarks KML Tool
(ex. Xtools; Export to
KML 2.5.4)
Base Files
Boundary.KML
Vegetation.KML
Geology.KML
Monitoring.KML
Landmarks.KML
Google Earth
Park/School Module.KMZ
Share!(web,
classroom, etc.)
Handheld GPS or“Best Guess” method
Locations (Lat/Long)
Paths & Trails
Share!(web,
classroom, etc.)
Google EarthHand type
into GE program
IV. Demonstration1. Google Earth
OverviewOpening/modifying a KMLUsing custom iconsSaving/organizing your work as a KMZ file
2. ArcMapShapefile to KML using Export to KML (v. 2.5.5)http://resources.arcgis.com
3. ResourcesFinding GIS / KML info on the web
Let’s Go!
GE library
Inventory & Monitoring
THV Edition
National Park Service
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of Interior
Inventory & Monitoring ProgramNortheast Temperate Network
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