{"id":22769,"date":"2024-04-25T13:11:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/side-panelexpand-side-panel-mapex-5-ch9-google-earth-5-day-tour-around-east-asia\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T13:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:11:03","slug":"side-panelexpand-side-panel-mapex-5-ch9-google-earth-5-day-tour-around-east-asia","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/side-panelexpand-side-panel-mapex-5-ch9-google-earth-5-day-tour-around-east-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Side PanelExpand side panel MapEx #5 (Ch9): Google Earth 5-Day Tour around East Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<h1 style=\"margin: 21px 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(Actual assignment linked below in screenshot)<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 21px 0px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">GOOGLE EARTH BASICS<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Google Earth Pro<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>on your laptop from:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/versions\/<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8211; if you have problems loading it on your laptop, it is available in ISC 216 &amp; ISC 236<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Some tips on using Google Earth (we reviewed these in class on 3\/7):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Experiment with different layers; turning on many layers may clutter the map, so turn them on when you zoom into an area you want to \u201cvisit\u201d (most also have thresholds, to display only when you zoom in tighter).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Turn on layers that will link you to<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">photos<\/b>, under the \u201cPhoto\u201d, \u201cGallery\u201d, and \u201cMore\u201d folders. These layers are great, but too many may clutter your map and make it slow to draw. The<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Terrain<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>layer is great for viewing physical features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Some satellite imagery will be out of date or have low resolution \u2013 you\u2019ll probably see two dates at the bottom of the image: the image date, and the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">copyright<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>date. If the image is blurry, you should also examine<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historical<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">imagery<\/b>, using the tool that looks like a clock with a green arrow (you should use this tool frequently!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Street View<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b>tool should also be used frequently (drag the orange person icon to the map \u2013 streets [blue lines}<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">and<\/i><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>360-views [blue dots] will display when available).&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Zoom in and out<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>(with the +\/- buttons or slider bar \u2013 or the scroll button on your mouse).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Pan<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>around with the \u201chand\u201d cursor on the screen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rotate<\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the image for better viewing (use the circle around the compass or hold down the ctrl key while you move the scroll button on your mouse; you can reset north if you lose your way!).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Tilt<\/b>: Hold the shift key and move the scroll button or while holding the left mouse button down \u2013 to tilt up or down and view in 3-D.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; font-size: 19px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Actual assignment linked below in screenshot) GOOGLE EARTH BASICS Download&nbsp;Google Earth Pro&nbsp;on your laptop from:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/versions\/&nbsp;&#8211; if you have problems loading it on your laptop, it is available in ISC 216 &amp; ISC 236 Some tips on using Google Earth (we reviewed these in class on 3\/7): Experiment with different layers; turning on many layers may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[59],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=22769"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=22769"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=22769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}