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Displaying Spatial Data Using Excel and Google Earth

Displaying Spatial Data Using Excel and Google Earth. BioQuest 2010 Dan Ward & Sam Donovan. Goal. Develop a working classroom model of how to utilize Excel and Google Earth to display spatial data. Have students work with real world data sets. Allow students to engage in citizen science.

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Displaying Spatial Data Using Excel and Google Earth

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  1. Displaying Spatial Data Using Excel and Google Earth BioQuest 2010 Dan Ward & Sam Donovan

  2. Goal • Develop a working classroom model of how to utilize Excel and Google Earth to display spatial data. • Have students work with real world data sets. • Allow students to engage in citizen science. • Propose and answer questions about abundance and distribution of organisms.

  3. Spatial data can easily be displayed in Google Earth using Excel and readily available Internet tools.

  4. Resources • Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/) • Microsoft Office Excel • Earth Point: Tools for Google Earth(http://www.earthpoint.us/ExcelToKml.aspx) • Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project: Calling Frog Survey (http://www.habitatproject.org/frogsurvey/index.html) • Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project: Illnois Butterfly Monitoring Network (http://www.habitatproject.org/projects/ibmn.html)

  5. Google Earth • Free software that allows viewing of satellite imagery, maps, and terrain anywhere on Earth. • Rich in geographical and historical content.

  6. Earth Point: Tools for Google Earth • Imports a spreadsheet of lat/long coordinates to Google Earth for viewing. • Also allows creation of pop-up balloons, icons, paths, and a variety of other features from the spreadsheet data. • Allows for saving of Google Earth Maps in KML format.

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