Lexi's Google Earth Project

My Google Earth project is about a few of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature. I chose to do this topic because literature is one of my interests and the Nobel Prize is a prestigious award. I decided to do winners from all over the world because I found their cultures and reasons for writing intriguing. For features I used image overlays, so you could see a picture of all the winners, layers and also distance measuring.
I had a lot of trouble with layers because I couldn’t find any that were relevant to my project, but in the end I found some that worked. The easiest feature to use was image overlay, all you had to do was find the picture and upload it into the description. In using Google Earth I would suggest knowing exactly what you’re going to do and making sure you can make a great project out of it. All in all Google Earth is a fascinating application, but is very confusing to use at times.

Bre's GE Project

My project is basically about my life, where I've been on vacation, and where I stayed while I was on vacation. The features I chose to use were layers, image overlays, and paths. I chose this topic because I wanted to do something that was simple, but that was about my life. I chose these features because they were the easiest and I knew how to do them. =)
I think what worked well was probably the layers. Because they showed up automatically and it was just a click. What didn't work so well was that I put a picture in there of where I stayed in Hawaii, and it didn't show up. It's just a big X. I think the only tip I have is that make sure you have good nerves because if you decide to do a path that is really long, you need to be able to have the nerves and patients to do it.

-Bre

My google earth project

My google earth project is on the top 10 hottest places on earth. It was actually difficult to find because the websites i chose only displayed the top 8. But, I placed them in order. You may need to search for my 1st one, I dont know exactly where it is. Anyways, the information was obviously very easy to find.
I wouldn't mind going to any of those places, since I love going to new places and I love hot weather. That is why I chose this as my topic. I got to learn about a few new places, most of them I had never heard of before. It was actually a very simple project, It almost seemed to easy, I hope I did it right,

Kyle's Project

My migration is the life of Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was a famous Blues musician. I chose his life because I didn't know much about him. The most interesting fact i found was about the day he decided to become a musician. He was working at a fast food restaurant and fell in to grease up to his chest. I chose to use the ruler feature to find the distance from East Troy, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. I did an image overlay of a picture of his gravesite. I placed a polygon over Washington D.C. because I couldn't find exactly where he preformed. 

The Ruler feature gave me a little trouble because it wouldn't show up on my project. I liked the polygon feature because i could cover a whole area with exactly pointing out were he preformed. I also liked the finished product of the migration because it was so smooth once everything was set. 

Google Earth

I did the trips and place's that I've been to through my life. I marked the locations of all the places I have lived. I took a picture of the Bath Village School and used the image overlay feature. I marked a path from my house in Swiftwater to the Bath Village School. I also measured the distance from the Woodsville High School to the Woodsville Elementary School.

Some things I enjoyed about Google Earth was making paths. I liked being able to zoom in and see all objects in 3D. A difficulty I had with Google Earth was that all places had to be checked in order to save and the map tends to move on its own.

Bri's Google Earth Project

For my Google Earth Project, I chose to show the hometowns of my favorite basketball players of both college level and NBA and WNBA levels. There are many tools in Google Earth like paths and image overlay. I used both of these to show pictures of the players. I used paths to show moves that some players did as a child. There is no specific order to which i show the players because I admire all of them the same. 

Using the application Google Earth was very complicated and some tools used on it don't make sense. Some difficulties that I faced was the polygon tool. I have yet to figure out what this tool is used for but I used it to show a large area that I was talking about. The path feature was also tricky because if it is a large area that needs to be connected, it can be difficult to connect. Overall, I like this application because it is easy to find directions for long distances and the pictures are very clear and understandable. Technology has advanced very much over the years and Google Earth definitely shows it with it's details, right down to the cars in the parking lot. 

Teasha's Google Earth Project

What is my project about, what features did I used, etc.?

• I chose to do a project on the places around the world that I would like to see or visit in my life time. I find the following places in my project extremely tempting to visit, and my topic I believe is great. I like sharing what I want to do in life with others, this is just another way to do it. Some of the features that are featured in my project are the image overlay feature, drawing paths and polygons, and measuring distances and areas. I used these features because they were honestly the simplest for me to use and I understood how they worked.
  

What worked well, what didn't work well, what did i struggle with, etc?

• When I was on Google Earth, I'm going to have to say that almost every feature that I attempted to use, didn't work more than once. The polygon feature is the only one that didn't really give me a problem. It was frustrating for me to use the features because they didn't seem to save, exspecially the measuring distances and areas. No matter how many times I seemed to save the project, it would never save the line and or distance that I had measured. What was also frustrating was that all of my image overlays didn't save, and I mean all of them. I had to overlay all of my images all over again. All together it was hard for me to make and prepare this project.
  

My Constructive Feedback on two other students!

• Austin A.
  
• Alicia B.