Journalists, teachers, bloggers and storytellers (to name a few) use Map Tales to chronicle news events, scrapbook holidays, describe walks, plan campaigns, illustrate literature, recount journeys, and bring events to life.
Love this, I think this might be useful for my yr 9 students. They are tracking the production, of a product from the thought to the shelf in a globalisation unit and plotting the locations onto Google Maps at the moment. I think this could be used for the same purpose. I like giving options to the students.
We analyse, index and map over 100 global risks to help organisations identify areas of risk to their operations, supply chains and distribution networks.
Commercial site that allows you to create maps using layers. The tutorial is essential to learning how to use the site and understanding which pricing plan may be suitable should your school choose to use this.
US teacher tracks his bike rides by GPS - and creates some stunning artwork (+ gallery)
A man in Baltimore, Maryland, is using pedal power to turn maps of the city into art, tracing pictures of his journeys round the city by using his GPS-enabled phone.
Step-by-step creation tool for GPS Mission. Use GPS mission to create a mission for students (can be used on phones or tablets) with instructions, clues and maps. Also useful for creating history walks with photographs of before and after shots of locations (you need to sign up to upload photographs).
"If you decide to visit somewhere you've never been before, how do you find your way? If you're in a car, the driver might use a GPS. You might use a smartphone app to give you directions. Perhaps you might go really 'old school' and use a printed map or street directory. But how did explorers navigate their way around the globe over 200 years ago?"
The European continent, bordered by numerous bodies of water, is separated from Asia by Russia's Ural Mountains and by the Caspian and Black Seas. It is separated from Africa by the Mediterranean Sea...
Indigenous Australians have long held their own seasonal calendars based on the local sequence of natural events. To the right is a map of Australia with hyperlinks to the corresponding seasonal calendars for given regions.
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