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"It's a subject we've discussed before, but it's worth taking another look. With all of the great new StreetView imagery arriving the last week, many people don't realize how easy it is to view that imagery in Google Earth. If you find yourself in Google Earth using one of the many layers they've built in or exploring a KML file you recently downloaded, it can be handy to dive into StreetView mode without having to load your browser and use Google Maps."

Great how to on using street view in Google Earth.

Today we're looking at GEteach [Google Earth PLUGIN required.] , a site developed by 9th-grade Geography teacher Josh Williams. The site uses the Google Earth Plug-in to give you quick access to a wide variety of information such as the CIA Factbook, population densities, and various other human and physical geographic overlays.

If you are new to Google Earth (GE), there are some useful stories written in the Google Earth Blog which might give a beginner, or even an experienced user, some insights about this exciting program. If you are looking for more advanced things, try going to the GEB home page and use the categories or Search option for things like: GPS, Geocaching, GIS, network links, image overlays, and more. On this page are links to stories which might help guide you to learning enough about Google Earth that you will soon be a GE expert.

If you've not seen this, do check it out. Show this to your social studies teachers.

kmlfactbook.org can use either Google Maps or the Google Earth browser plugin to preview the KML files that you create. To switch between the two modes press the 2D Map and 3D Map buttons to the right in the screen. The Preview in Map button will show the selected data-set in the Google Maps or Earth plugin preview window. The Download KML file button will download the same file to be saved locally on your disk or opened in the standalone Google Earth application.

A nice post about how to use Google Docs to be able to put images in a Google Earth Placemark.

"Google Earth Outreach gives non-profits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story in Google Earth & Maps to the hundreds of millions of people who use them. "

See the tweets of your followers or of those you follow on a google earth map. Google Earth plugin required.

See thte tweets of your followers on a google earth map. Google Earth plugin required.

Nice collection of Google Earth tutorials - from Google Earth folks

Google has built a pretty neat site using the Google Earth Plug-in to show off information about all 44 presidents that we've had in the US.

Build your Google Earth skills with this official GE game

Welcome to this ressource page on 'Google Earth'. A few sections are written in Danish since these guidelines are/were designated Danish friends and family. For all you others feel free to check out our homemade kmz files, google earth tours, placemark collections like; the Suez canal tour, the Gudenaa river tour, the Kiel canal tour and the mighty Amazon river tour. Not to mention the Mount Everest tour and K1, K2, K3, K4, K5 mountains. Or take the tour through great and grand canyons along the Colorado river. Dive into the deepest part of the oceans by taking the Mariana trench tour.

This is a great handout with illustrated instructions for creating placemarks and tours in Google Earth created by David Jakes. If you click on the little yellow comment bubble in the upper-right corner of the first page, you can find the Word doc version to adapt for your own students/teachers.

So full of win!

"Meograph provides tools for creating map-based and timeline-based narrated stories. When you watch a Meograph story (click here to watch one about women's rights in the USA) you will notice that it is very similar to a watching a narrated Google Earth tour. That is because it is based on the Google Maps and the Google Earth browser plug-in. As the story plays you can stop it to explore additional content in the forms of videos, texts, and images."  http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/07/meograph-opens-four-dimensional.html

Hit the links to find out how to use Google Maps as a whiteboard (scribble over maps) and a plugin to do the same in Google Earth!

50 Great ideas for using Google Earth in the classroom. From elementary to high school

A wiki with directions for creating student Google Earth projects. Also includes student examples.

How cool is this - They've modeled the Harrisburg complex in 3d in Google Earth

This site is dedicated to the explorers, voyages, events, and historical backgrounds of countries throughout the World. It uses Google Tools such as Google Earth and Google Maps. Includes student projects and example lessons.

Want to help out students and colleagues with handy tips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earth? Just print out these posters and hang them where everyone can see them.