The document discusses various virtual globe applications and their usage in education. It provides examples of Google Earth, NASA World Wind, Microsoft Virtual Earth and Skyline Globe. It also lists various imagery sources like GeoEye and includes screenshots and descriptions of analysis tools available in these applications. Finally it discusses the benefits of virtual globes for fields like geography and their potential for increasing our understanding of the world.

1. Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
•MS Virtual Earth
•NASA World Wind
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3. Google Earth NASA World Wind
Skyline Globe Microsoft Virtual Earth
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
•MS Virtual Earth
•NASA World Wind
•Skyline Globe
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4. Imagery Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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5. Imagery Courtesy:
•Google Earth

6. Updated every 2 months
Resolution up to 10 cms
Sphinx Near the Great Pyramid of Giza. Giza, Egypt
GEO-Eye 1, Sept 01 2008
Images Courtesy:
GISuser.com
Geoeye.com
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7. Images Courtesy:
•NASA World Wind
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8. Images Courtesy:
•NASA World Wind
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9. Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas
Photo Courtesy: Sayzey (Flickr.com)
Very High Resolution
Imagery
Realistic 3D Models
Images Courtesy:
•MS Virtual Earth
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10. Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas
Bird’s Eye Imagery
Images Courtesy:
•MS Virtual Earth
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11. Over 900,000 Polygons
Around 1 GB shp file
Map Courtesy:
•HeroMAP, Clark University
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12. Application Courtesy:
•Victorian Rainforest Network
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13. Application Courtesy:
•Nasa World Wind
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14. Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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15. Application Courtesy:
•Sierra Club, BC, Canada
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16. Application Courtesy:
•NASA World Wind
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17. http://tinyurl.com/VG-105
Application Courtesy:
•James Stafford
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18. http://tinyurl.com/VG-103
Application Courtesy:
•British Antarctic Survey
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19. http://tinyurl.com/VG-106
Application Courtesy:
•www.idecan.grafcan.es
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20. http://tinyurl.com/VG-107
Application Courtesy:
•Thematicmapping.org
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21. http://tinyurl.com/VG-101
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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22. http://tinyurl.com/VG-108
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GOOPS
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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•Calculate •Calculate route •Add distances,
distances (bearing) to the routes and/or
between next placemark coordinates to
placemarks the placemarks
description
4 5 6
• Draw horizontal • Draw regular • Calculate path's
and/or vertical polygons around length/perimeter
grids (equally placemarks
spaced or not)
http://tinyurl.com/VG-109
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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• Make graph • Set the shape • Also set the
with size according shape color
geometrical to each according to a
shapes placemark placemark
(circles, value value
squares,
triangles, etc).
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•Graph's title •Different •Paste files •Export data
and color choice of from other to Excel
scale as GE label content applications
screen (place name (Word, Excel,
overlays and/or value) Access,...)
http://tinyurl.com/VG-110
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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25. http://tinyurl.com/VG-111
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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26. http://tinyurl.com/VG-102
KML Courtesy:
•Digital Data Services Inc
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27. http://www.maptiler.org/
Application Courtesy:
•Map Tiler
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28. http://tinyurl.com/VG-114
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29. http://tinyurl.com/VG-115
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31. Application Courtesy:
•http://www.arc2earth.com/
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32. http://tinyurl.com/VG-112
Application Courtesy:
•gCensus
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33. http://tinyurl.com/VG-113
Application Courtesy:
•GmapCreator
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34. KML encodes simple geographic features in XML
• "Points, lines and polygons"
• Image overlays
<description> field can hold HTML with links, images etc
Contains several types of information:
• Geolocation
• Style
• Camera control
Google
Earth
Google Google
Maps Maps
Mobile
Adobe
Photoshop KML ArcGIS
Explorer
Yahoo NASA
Pipes World Wind
AutoCad
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35. http://tinyurl.com/Int-Sampler
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36. Capture
Difficult to move captured data to GIS
Store
Only World wind allows storage/download of Imagery
Query
No Ability to Query
Analyze
Pattern Recognition, Network analysis etc.
Output/Display
No Map Composition but great for display
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37. Region specific
Not up-to-date
High speed internet
High memory including Video RAM
Inaccuracies in data outside USA
National security and privacy
Nomenclature of controversial territories
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40. Validation by virtual fieldwork
Images Courtesy:
•Google Earth
•MS Virtual Earth
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44. Image Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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45. Image Courtesy:
•Google Earth
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49. “As PCs have
democratized
computing, Google
Earth is going to
Low-cost, scalable democratize GIS”.
publishing platform Michael Goodchild
Tool that help us
increase our
knowledge and
understanding of our
world
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50. Hero Map Team
Google Earth
NASA World Wind
Microsoft Virtual
Skyline Globe
Google Earth Sightseeing
Google Earth Blog
Google Knol
Google Lat Long
Ogle Earth
Juicy Geography
Free Geography Tools
Google Earth Hacks
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51. rahulbabaji@gmail.com
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