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Google Earth overlays for History teaching

Published 2 years, 6 months ago in Classroom-based.

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I got a bit carried away with adding overlays to Google Earth just now and so have added them to the shareforum. I’ll have an interactive whiteboard or projector when I finally get my own room next year, so I’ve got to stock up on the resources. These ones are primarily on WWI and the Cold War…

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1 Andrew Ross Jun 12th, 2006 at 8:43 pm

Did you know that a new version of Google Earth has been released today. You can get the new version from Google:

http://earth.google.com/earth4.html

It’s still in BETA at the moment but it’s been stable for me without any crashes.
2 Doug Belshaw Jun 13th, 2006 at 11:54 am
Thanks for that Andrew, I’ll have a look. It would seem that it’s available for Linux as well! (would be - just as I’ve switched to Windows Vista Beta 2…)

There’s a list of some of the differences between Google Earth 3 and Google Earth 4 here:
- Support for “textured” 3D buildings using models created with SketchUp, so that the images look more realistic.
- An updated KML format that allows sharing of partial information.
- Google Earth in French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
- Full screen mode now allows searching (press “/” to search).
- Now Google Earth is an universal binary, so it runs natively on both PowerPC- and x86 (Intel)-based Macintosh computer.
- There’s a Linux version
- Google Earth’s index of high-resolution imagery has been increased by four times. One third of the world’s population will have sub-meter high-resolution imagery.
- Google Maps API was also updated: you can now geocode addresses and use KML files in Google Maps to share geographic information. There’s also Google Maps for Enterprise, that includes enterprise quality support and the ability to integrate maps into intranet applications.
3 Andrew Ross Jun 13th, 2006 at 3:46 pm

How you finding Vista Beta 2? Stable enough to use? Just downloading via a torrent at the moment…
4 Doug Belshaw Jun 13th, 2006 at 8:57 pm

Vista Beta 2 is pretty good. Only problems I’ve found are that if you leave it in ’sleep’ mode for quite a while it ‘freezes’ when you restore your session, and my printer isn’t supported properly!