Brock University Map Library – GIS Day 2010
GOOGLE EARTH – AMAZING RACE
Challenge 1:
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Fly to a German town named after a North American fast food item beginning with “H”.
Zoom to an Eye Alt of approximately 8,000 feet, under Layers > turn on “Places”
Find St.Catherines Church; how old is the ‘base of its spire’?
Add a placemark with the date in the description.
Challenge 2:
1. Fly to a Canadian city with a similar name to the church mentioned in Challenge 1.
2. Find the high school named after the “divine t”. (Hint: use the Business search tab)
3. What is the address of the school?
4. Add a placemark with the address in the description.
Challenge 3:
1. Using the name of the high school in the previous challenge, fly to:
2. “the divine t”, Rome.
3. Find “Hotel Canada” and determine the cost in Euro for “2 letti singoli, colazione
complete”
4. Add a placemark with the URL of the hotel in the description box.
Challenge 4:
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Fly to “45.552222, -73.150833”
Where is this and how does it relate to Challenge 3?
Tilt and shift the view to maximize the visual of this location.
Add a placemark with an appropriate symbol relating to the physical feature found here.
The Final Challenge:
1. Create a video tour of the placemarks created in the above challenges.
2. Save your work and send to maplib@brocku.ca
Brock University Map Library – GIS Day 2010
Answers:
Challenge 1:
Hamburg, Germany
St.Catherines church spire (13th century)
Challenge 2:
St.Catharines, ON
Holy Cross Secondary School, 460 Linwell Rd.
Challenge 3:
Holy Cross, Rome
Hotel Canada - “2 letti singoli, colazione complete” 128,00€
hotelcanadaroma.com
Challenge 4:
Quebec, CANADA
volcano