Meet three people who are using Google Earth to protect rivers, inspire students, and revisit their birth country.
To start the tour, download and open the “Hayward Fault Map and Tour” file in Google Earth (free download), then click the “Play Tour” button located at the bottom of the “Places” panel. Search the ComCat earthquake catalog, and choose KML for the output format.Pop-up displays tectonic summaries for each M7+ earthquake from 2000 to 2015 with basic event information and a link to the event data in the earthquake catalog.The outermost shell of the Earth consists of a mosaic of rigid “plates” that have been moving relative to one another for hundreds of millions of years.Explore multiple Google Earth layers related to the geology and geologic hazards of the greater Bay Area.Using this self-guided, virtual tour of the 1868 quake in Google Earth you can learn about the 1868 earthquake, visualize its effects, and better plan for its expected repeat.
The India Literacy Project teamed up with Google Earth to take children around India on virtual field trips and learn about their world. Click here to use the California fault activity map.
NASA satellite imagery and astronaut photography reveal where an English alphabet can be found in the landforms of the Earth. With creation tools, you can draw on the map, add your photos and videos, customize your view, and share and collaborate with others.Add placemarks to highlight key locations in your project, or draw lines and shapes directly on the map.Feature images and videos on your map to add rich contextual information.Make use of Google Earth's detailed globe by tilting the map to save a perfect 3D view or diving into Street View for a 360 experience.Collaborate with others like a Google Doc and share your story as a presentation. The extent of the LiDAR data is shown by the cyan colored outlines.
Take a guided tour around the globe with some of the world's leading storytellers, scientists, and nonprofits. Enable JavaScript to see Google Maps. Follow the migration of the red crab as they emerge from the forests of Christmas Island and head to the beach to spawn. 1-meter resolution bare earth hillshades from the Northern California GeoEarthScope LiDAR topography dataset. There is an interactive map application to view the faults online and a seperate database search function. Explore the globe with a swipe of your finger.
Now available on Chrome and coming soon to more browsers. Follow clues and track her down!
Virtual Tour using Google Earth. Adding placemarks and lines to Google Earth.