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Spatial Sci Jeff Crews

Spatial Sci Jeff Crews

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Spatial Sci Jeff Crews

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  1. Spatial Sci Jeff Crews “The first day or so, we all pointed to our countries. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continents. By the fifth day we were aware of only one Earth.”Comments from Sultan Bin Salman al-Saud, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as he was looking back at the Earth from space

  2. Things you need to do before we begin • Google Account • Basic understanding of Google Earth • Basic understanding of copy and paste commands • Willingness to explore new applications • Interest in integrating technology into specific content areas

  3. Spatial Thinking Have you ever hiked to the top of a mountain, looked down at the landscape below and felt like you were seeing it for the very first time?  Geo-browsing allows us to look at information within its natural geospatial context, providing many new and unique perspectives.  These new perspectives help us better understand the place in which we live.

  4. Time for a test!!!! • On the next slide there are several symbols • You will have between 5 and 10 seconds to memorize as many of the symbols as possible • On your marks… get set… GO!!!

  5. = A = F = B = G = C = H = D = I = E Tick, tick, tick

  6. = A = F = B = G = C = H = D = I = E How many do you remember?

  7. C B A E F D G I H

  8. Better information leads to better decisions • Wired Magazine (2007) reported on a story that the amount of digital data moving around the world today is something on the order of 161 exabytes. Just to put that number into perspective, one exabyte = 1,000 petabytes or 1,000,000 terrabytes or 1 billion gigabytes (again, slightly different in base 2). They even estimate we’re likely to hit slightly under 1,000 exabytes (or one zettabyte) by 2010.  While this number is astounding and somewhat incomprehensible, estimates are that between 70 to 80 percent of all data is spatial, meaning it can be fixed to a specific location; xy coordinate, giving added value to the use of geospatial technologies since its primary function is to work with spatial data sets (U.S. Department of Labor, 2005).  

  9. Spatial thinking must be recognized as a fundamental part of K-12 education and as an integrator and a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in computing technologies and the increasing availability of geospatial data, spatial thinking will play a significant role in the information- based economy of the 21st-century. Using appropriately designed support systems tailored to the K-12 context, spatial thinking can be taught formally to all students. A geographic information system (GIS) offers one example of a high-technology support system that can enable students and teachers to practice and apply spatial thinking in many areas of the curriculum (National Research Council, 2005). • The National Research Council

  10. Better information leads to better decisions

  11. If you keep digging you will end up in China!!!

  12. How does this help your students? Geospatial careers published an article stating; “the geospatial industry in 2001 was a $5 billion dollar industry, in a few short years it will be a $30 billion dollar industry. In another article, the US Department of Labor predicts a need for 75,000 new workers in the geospatial industry in the years to come. Will your students be the one to fill the need?

  13. In the past we had to use sophisticated applications to view imagery. But with Google Earth, we can access imagery in a 3D world.

  14. Where did Google Earth come from? Keyhole, Inc, founded in 2001, was a pioneering software development company specializing in geospatial data visualization applications – EarthViewer Keyhole was acquired by Google in 2004. The name "Keyhole" is also an homage to the KH reconnaissance satellites, the original eye-in-the-sky military reconnaissance system now some 30 years old.

  15. Where did Google Earth come from? • Some aspects of the core technology survive still today in Keyhole Markup Language. • Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Mobile still use KML, an XML-based language. • Google Earth files can be found online by searching for “KML” and “KMZ” files • KMZ is a zipped KML file.

  16. Adding KML/KMZ Files • Several sites with Google Earth files for download. • http://www.spatialsci.com/index.php/sID/b6c33292/fuseaction/data.view.htm • http://earth.google.com/sites/ • http://www.kmzlinks.com/ • Google Search will identify many more

  17. Web 2.0 • The term "Web 2.0" is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] andcollaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with each other as contributors to the website's content, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities,hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups, and folksonomies. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0)

  18. Geo Mashup • A digital mashup is defined as digital media content containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(digital)

  19. Embed Code • Placing a snippet of code, gadget or widget into a website to provide added functionality • Sample • <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ql-N3F1FhW4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ql-N3F1FhW4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

  20. Links to Other Web 2.0 Resources • Picasa Web – Google version of flickr, photobucket, etc… • Fotobabble – imagery with voice option • Xtranormal – create animated digital stories (Sample Project) • Voicethread - Transform media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text • Podbean – Podcast software • Gabcast – Record podcast by phone • Yodio – Add voice to photos • Many, many others - http://www.go2web20.net/

  21. Advanced Features • Some advanced features of Google Earth version 5.X • 3D Buildings • Sky View • Constellations • Planets • Galaxies • Mars • Moon • Flight Simulator • Ctrl + Alt + A (to activate) • Mouse controls or joystick • Google Earth Atlas Gloves • Super Geeky Google Earth Action

  22. Additional Support • Link to Dean Phillips’ Website • Download from http://earth.google.com • Mac or PC (latest version 5.2) • Google Earth Pro – free for educators • Link on SpatialSci site (under resources, links, Google Earth • More features • GPS • More file formats can be imported

  23. jeff@spatialsci.com www.spatialsci.com

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