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Google Earth Tutorials Part IV – Creating Tours Hosts – Thomas Cooper, Alice Barr Networked Learning http://www.thenetworkedlearner.com Netw orked Learning 2009
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Google Earth TutorialsPart IV – Creating Tours Hosts – Thomas Cooper, Alice Barr
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A Walk on the Wild Sidehttp://walkonthewildside.wikispaces.com/
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This is a collaborative project for, ,biology ecology geology and
environmental science teachers and.their students Our goal is to
create a collaborative layer in Google Earth of walks that showcase
various ecosystems around the.globe The project asks teachers and students to get out into the
( )woods or another ecosystem and take.a leisurely walk While on this
,adventure we encourage students to note the species they see and what
... .they are doing this includes people Students are encouraged to take,pictures video and even audio
recordings which could be uploaded.into a layer in Google Earth
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Ways to Create Tours
1. Create a folder and organize balloons in order of appearance for the tour.
2. Add a series of numbers to the title of the balloons toshow which to visit first.
3. Use a custom icon with numbers on it from the GoogleEarth database to order the tour.
4. Add a custom path to connect the balloons in the tour.
5. Use the animation tools in Google Earth to created atour. You can even podcast it.
6. Use a custom template for one of The NetworkedLearner’s projects (http://thenetworkedlearner.wikispaces.com ).
7. Use Keyhole Modeling Language (KML) “flyto”commands.
8. Create navigation buttons in Photoshop (e.g. home,
previous, next and end), add them to yourballoons.Networked Learning 2009
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Download the Project Template
and Guide http://walkonthewildside.wikispaces.com/Documents
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Directions
1. Go to the link above
2. Right-click on link
3. Choose “save linkas”
4. Save file to yourhard drive
5. Make sure the fileextension endsin .KMZ
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#1. Creating Folders to
Organize Tours
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Create a folder to storeballoons.
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Creating Folders to Store Tours
Directions
1. Go to the “Places” folder
2. Right-click on “My Places” icon
3. Add >> Folder
4. Name Foldera) Project name Period and
Student F.name L.initial
b) Example: Grand Canyon 3pd ThomasC
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Creating Tours involves creating aseries of placemarks (or balloons) on atopicPlacemark
Objects
• Text
• Images• Web Links
• Video
•
Audio• Icons
• Navigation
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#2. Add Numbers (#) tothe Balloon Title to
Create a Tour
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Changing The Balloon Title
D ire ctio n s
.1 O pe n th e p ro p e rtie s
b ox
.2 Typ e in th e n u m b e r in
.th e form at yo u w an t
.3
“ ”C lick O K
.4 R e p e a t th is fo r ea ch
.b a llo o n
.5 C lick o n a n ico n a n d
d ra g it u p o r d o w n to
.o rd e r th e b a llo o n s
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#3. Use a Custom,Numbered Icon to
Create a Tour
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Changing IconsDefault icon is a yellow push-pin. You can change it to anumbered icon.
D ire ctio n s
.1 O rd e r yo u r
b a llo o n s a s
in stru cte d
.p re v io u sly
.2 O p en th e p ro p e rtie s b ox fo r
.th e first b a llo o n
.3 C h oo se th e icon
se le cto r in th e
-u p p e r rig h t
.corner.4 C h o o se a
.n u m b ere d icon
.5 “ ” .C lick O K
.6 D o th is fo r ea ch
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Changing Icon Color and Scalein Earth
D ire ctio n s.1 R ig h t click o n ico n
.2 “ ”C h oo se p rop ertie s
from th e m e n u
.3 “C lick on sty le a n d
”co lo r
.4 “ ”C lick on th e Ico n C o lo r b lo ck a n d
.cho ose yo u r colo r
.5 “ ”A d ju st Icon sca le
u sin g th e a rro w s o r
ty p e in th e sca le
.y o u w a n t
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Changing Label Color and Scale inEarth
D ire ctio n s.1 R ig h t click o n ico n
.2 “ ”C h oo se p rop e rtie s
from th e m e n u
.3 “C lick o n sty le a n d
”co lo r
.4 “ ”C lick on Lab el C olor b lock a n d cho ose
.yo u r co lo r
.5 “ ”A d ju st Lab el scale
u sin g th e a rro w s o r
ty p e in th e sca le y o u
.w a n t
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Add Custom Icon to make yourtour unique.
D ire ctio n s
.1 S e a rch G oo g le
Im a g e s fo r ico n s
.2 U se A d v a n c e d
S e a rch fo r file
typ e p n g o r ico.3 D o w n lo a d fre e
o n e s fro m Ico n
A rch iv e
.4 D ow n lo a d o th e rs
fro m iS to ck P h o to
.5 C rea te yo u r ow n u sin g Fire w o rks
or Ph otosho p
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Upload the Custom Icon
D ire ctio n s
.1 O p e n p ro p e rtie s d ia lo g u e b ox fo r th e ico n
.2 - .C lick o n ico n se le cto r in th e u p p e r rig h t co rn e r.3 .C lick on A d d C u sto m Icon
.4 .C lick o n B ro w se a n d sea rch fo r th e cu sto m icon yo u d o w nlo a d e d
.5 .S e le ct th e cu sto m ico n
.6 “ ” .C lick O K b u tton
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#4. Adding a Path toConnect Balloons in the
Tour
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Add a path to connect balloons inthe tour.
Directions1. Choose “Path” from the
tool bar.2. Name the path in the
dialogue box.3. Draw the path between
the first and secondplacemarks. You do thisby left-clicking near thefirst placemark, thendragging the mouse tothe second placemark.
4. Click “OK”.5. Repeat these steps
between each
placemark.
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Changing the Line Style inEarth
D ire ctio n s.1 R ig h t click o n th e
( )lin e p a th
.2 “ ”C h oo se p rop erties
from th e m e n u
.3 “C lick on sty le a n d
”co lo r.4 “ ”C lick on th e Ico n
C o lo r blo ck a n d
.cho ose yo u r color
.5 “ ”A d ju st Icon sca le
u sin g th e a rro w s o r
typ e in th e sca le.y o u w a n t
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#5. Use the Animation
Tools to Podcast a Tour
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Creating Animation
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Directions.1 Click on the video
camera button to activate the
.animation tools.2 The tools will
appear at the bottom of your.screen
.3 “ ”Click the record( )button red dot to
activate the.animation tool As,you move around,zoom in and out
the program will record your.actions
.4 Click on the microphone if you
want to podcast on top of your
.animation
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Saving Animations
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( .)Directions cont.1 Click on the record
button to stop.recording
.2 A new tool bar will.appear Click on the
“ ”play button to listen to your
.recording.3 ,If acceptable click on
“ ” .the save button
.4 A video icon will appear in your
temporary places.folder
.5 Move to the project folder you created along with your
.balloons.6 “ ”Click the x on this
’tool bar if you don t want to save the
.recording
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#6. Use a Custom Template to Create a
Tour
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D l d h P j T l
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Download the Project Template
and Guide http://walkonthewildside.wikispaces.com/Documents
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Directions
1. Go to the link above
2. Right-click on link
3. Choose “save linkas”
4. Save file to yourhard drive
5. Make sure the fileextension endsin .KMZ
Each N etw orked
, ’Le a rn e r p ro je ct h a s it s
o w n te m p la te a n d
.te m p la te g u id e
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Copy and paste the templatefor each new balloon.
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Directions
1. Place the template in thefolder you created, if you haven’t done soalready.
2. Open the folder byclicking on the “+”sign next to thefolder.
3. Right click on the projecttemplate.
4. Choose copy from themenu
5. Right click on the folderand choose pastefrom the menu.
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Rename and edit eachballoon.
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Directions1. Right click on the copy of
the template. Keepthe template at thetop (or bottom) soyou always know
where you arecopying from.
2. Choose properties fromthe menu.
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Add your information to theballoon.
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’ We ve given you a guide document so that you and your students know
what text to edit and what text to.leave along
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#7. Use KML “FlyTo”Code
ADVANCED
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Feature Anchors
• ;flyto – Fly to the placemark.
• ;balloon – Open the placemark’s balloon but do not fly to
the placemark.
•;balloonFlyto – Open the placemark’s balloon and fly to
the placemark.
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.s code will allow you to automatically to fly from one balloon to the next
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Access the KML code usingcopy and paste
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Directions
.1 Right click on your.project folder
.2 .Choose copy
.3 Open the program Notepad on your.computer
.4 Paste the data into
.the file.5 Save the file on your
.computer as a txt.file
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Give Each Balloon an “id”
<Folder><Placemark id=“home”><a href=“#lunch;balloonFlyto”>Click here</a> to go to the lunch
spot.
<a href=“#journeyEnd;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to
the end of the tour. </Placemark>
<Placemark id=“lunch”><a href=“#rest;balloonFlyto”>Click here</a> to go to the rest
spot.<a href=“#journeyEnd;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to
the end of the tour.
</Placemark><Placemark id=“rest”><a href=“#journeyEnd;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to
the end of the tour.
</Placemark><Placemark id=“journeyEnd”><a href=“#home;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to the
beginning of the tour.
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Directions.1 ,In Notepad click the“ ”edit menu and then
“ ”.choose find.2 “< >”Search for Folder.3 Below this icon is the
code for each of your.balloons
.4 Now search for< >.Placemark
.5 For each placemark you“ ;”,want to flyto you
will have to give it
.an ID.6 ,For example give the
<first placemark=“ ”>id home and the
<last placemark=“ ”>id end
.7 The example to the
left show you how to add hyperlinks from each placemark to the.next
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IDs Shown in Notepad
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: -Hint Use Ctrl F and then< >.search for Placemark If
you have already given your placemarks a Title when you
,created them then that“ ”.name will be the id
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Create Weblinks
<Folder><Placemark id=“home”><a href=“#lunch;balloonFlyto”>Click here</a> to go to the lunch
spot.
<a href=“#journeyEnd;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to
the end of the tour. </Placemark>
<Placemark id=“lunch”><a href=“#rest;balloonFlyto”>Click here</a> to go to the rest
spot.<a href=“#journeyEnd;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to
the end of the tour.
</Placemark><Placemark id=“rest”><a href=“#journeyEnd;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to
the end of the tour.
</Placemark><Placemark id=“journeyEnd”><a href=“#home;balloonFlyto”> Click here </a> to go to the
beginning of the tour.
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Here you can see web links created
.for each placemark’It doesn t matter
where you place.them Then add the“ ”Flyto code you
.want
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Web Links Show in Notepad
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: ’Note I ve replace“ ”the link text
that you click on with an image
created in
.Photoshop
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Online KML Tutorials
:// . . / / / / .h ttp cod e g oo g le com ap is km l d ocu m en tatio n km l_tu t h tm l
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Learn the details of
using KML at.Google
