World History
OK, I have to admit it. Google Earth is really cool. Not only can you use it to see who may have been parking in front of the homes of people you know, you can make some interesting history tools. Battles and Routes of Alexander the Great is a real nice example. It follows Alexander's route, presents maps of cities and shows the sites of battles. There is additional content added from Wikipedia and National Geographic.
I spent a good half hour playing with this. Tons of fun if you like ancient history. Another neat use of Google Earth is Secret Images of Google Earth. The creepy music goes along nice with the revealed images.
- Ancient World Battles
Ancient World Battles - This site has short accounts of ancient Greek and Roman battles, starting with Marathon in 490BC. This site has not been updated in some time (since 2001) and it is biased towards Greek and Roman battles, but it is still a nice...
- Alexander The Great History Project
Alexander the Great History Project - Site provides information about Alexander the Great, his life, his family, his conquests, and his battles, including links to various Alexander the Great sites and resources on the Web. I was prompted to look for...
- Google Earth For Mobile Devices
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- World Energy Consumption
So I am here at our Google National Geographic institute and we are learning Google Earth. One of cool features is that you can see energy consumption in the world. Above is a youtube video on it. I always tell my kids that the...
- Google Maps Mania & Google Earth
Here is a new blog I just found that shows how people around the world are using Google Maps. I have used it with my students to show their own history and another person in my department uses it for "history trips." You can add pictures...
World History
Battles and Routes of Alexander the Great
OK, I have to admit it. Google Earth is really cool. Not only can you use it to see who may have been parking in front of the homes of people you know, you can make some interesting history tools. Battles and Routes of Alexander the Great is a real nice example. It follows Alexander's route, presents maps of cities and shows the sites of battles. There is additional content added from Wikipedia and National Geographic.I spent a good half hour playing with this. Tons of fun if you like ancient history. Another neat use of Google Earth is Secret Images of Google Earth. The creepy music goes along nice with the revealed images.
- Ancient World Battles
Ancient World Battles - This site has short accounts of ancient Greek and Roman battles, starting with Marathon in 490BC. This site has not been updated in some time (since 2001) and it is biased towards Greek and Roman battles, but it is still a nice...
- Alexander The Great History Project
Alexander the Great History Project - Site provides information about Alexander the Great, his life, his family, his conquests, and his battles, including links to various Alexander the Great sites and resources on the Web. I was prompted to look for...
- Google Earth For Mobile Devices
...
- World Energy Consumption
So I am here at our Google National Geographic institute and we are learning Google Earth. One of cool features is that you can see energy consumption in the world. Above is a youtube video on it. I always tell my kids that the...
- Google Maps Mania & Google Earth
Here is a new blog I just found that shows how people around the world are using Google Maps. I have used it with my students to show their own history and another person in my department uses it for "history trips." You can add pictures...