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Google Earth Directions for the Clean Watershed Project
Logging into Google Earth
1.
 
Double click on the icon with your cursor to launch the software.There should be an icon on your desktop. If you do not have anicon, please inform the instructor.
Moving Around In Google Earth
2.
 
The software offers a navigation tool in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. This tool will help you to zoom in or out, change yourdirection, or tilt your perspective.3.
 
The top compass lets you change your perspective from overhead to aposition along side of it.4.
 
The bottom compass spins the Earth North, South, East and West.5.
 
The slide bar beneath the compass lets you zoom in and out. Spendsome time zooming in and out.6.
 
Use your mouse to move around. Try to center your location on theSoutheastern United States. When you get there, zoom in onMarietta. Can you see the outline of the city?
 
Finding Places in Google Earth
7.
 
In the upper left-hand corner, type in your address, and then click onthe magnifying glass. The program will zoom in on the location of theaddress you entered. Any place with a physical street address can befound this way.8.
 
You can also find places of interest such as National Parks or
monuments by typing in its name. Type in “Statue of Liberty” and click
on the magnifying glass to zoom in on that location.9.
 
Besides address and places of interest, you can find the exact locationyour field research area. To do this type in the latitude and longitude
of those coordinates. If you don’t know them see your instructor.
 
 
Creating a Folder to Store Your Placemark(s)
10.
 
The Clean Watersheds project’s goal is to create a composite
layer of various schools water quality data so the students canlook at broad themes related to water quality and usage.Therefore it is important
to keep each schools’ data separated
into folders that can easily be added to our composite layer.11.
 
To create a folder to store your placemarks, move your mouse
over the “My Places” icon in the places panel and then right
-clickwith your mouse.12.
 
Choose “Add” from the menu and then move your mouse
towardthe arrow for the pop-out window.13.
 
Choose the “Folder” option.
14.
 
Give the Folder a title and also include your name (for example
 –
 Nose Creek
 –
Thomas). This will help the teacher know whichplacemark belongs to which student.
 
15.
 
If you are a school with many test sites, or many placemarks,name your folder with the name of your school and the semester(for example
 –
The Walker School Spring 2009).
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