Goggle Maps and Goggle Earth
GIS for the Rest of Us
Doug Gann and Mat Devitt
Center for Desert Archaeology
6/22/2010
Prerequisites
A portable computer with Goggle
Earth installed.
Basic Working Knowledge of your
computer and its operating system.
A bit of HTML programming will not
hurt, but is not required.
Ojectives
The point of this workshop will be to give
attendees a basic understanding of how to use
Google’s free mapping utilities for a variety of
applications, with a focus on adding your own
content to these mapping systems.
Supplementary Materials
Point your browser to
http://www.cdarc.org/ge
Bookmark this page and leave
the window open.
Part I - Goggle Maps
The Digital Gazetteer
256*256 pixel images nested and tiled
to represent the world in a 2d display.
Data is broken up into streams of
discrete tasks and tasks are directed
to 1 of 64 web-server application
centers around the world.
Part I - Goggle Maps
A Spooky Past
Goggle Earth came into
existence from the privatization
of Spy Satellite data by
Lockheed(?).
The Keyhole Satellite looks just
like the Hubble Space Telescope,
only it points down.
Part I - Goggle Maps
A Spooky Past
Keyhole had its own markup
language, which looks a
great deal like HTML.
The Keyhole language is
called KML.
Part I - Goggle Maps
Tricks with Goggle Maps
Using the Star feature
Latitude / Longitude Displays
Street View and Aerial Images
Part I - Goggle Maps
Adding User-Generated Content:
Panoramio!
Part I - Goggle Maps
The Future of Goggle Maps
Limited in its current format.
Soon to merge with Goggle Earth?
Part II – Welcome to Goggle Earth
Lets go ahead and open Goggle
Earth and get started.
First, lets get some basic
familiarity with the User
Interface and Map Layer
functions.
Part II – Welcome to Goggle Earth
First – Lets explore a couple of
existing map layers.
Gigapxl
Gigapan
3d Buildings
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Point Tool
Icons
Line Tool
Linear Measurement
Polygons
Goggle Earth Pro Features
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Mapping Exercise #1
Make a GE Folder called “Kino Missions”
Map the 7 Churches from the Lat/Long data
on the web pages, & use a distinctive Icon.
When Finished, Save the File as “kino.kmz”
(we will return to this file later)
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Lets take a look at the
David Rumsey
Historical Map
Collection
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Mapping Exercise #2
Image Rectification
Download and Save Turney’s map
from the Cdarc Webpage
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Mapping Exercise #2
Image Rectification
Create 2 Push-Pins:
Label “SW” – 33 d 16’43.16” N
112 d 18’48.54” W
Label “NE” – 33 d 34’24.73 N
111 d 46’39.49” W
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Goggle Earth – Building Content Layers
Coordinate System Conversion:
UTM to Lat/Long at
http://www.cellspark.com/UTM.html
Goggle Earth – Building Content Layers
Goggle Earth – Interactive Exhibits
Goggle Earth as Virtual Reality
Terminal
Rome Reborn
Goggle Earth – Interactive Exhibits
Goggle Earth as Virtual Reality
Terminal
Rome Reborn
Goggle Earth – Interactive Exhibits
Goggle Earth as interactive
tour Guide
Follow the Link to
Honeybee Village
Goggle Earth – Building Content
Layers
Exercise #3
Virtual Tour of Kino Missions in
the State of Sonora
Goggle Earth Virtual Tour
Your tour can be as complicated
or rudimentary as you would like.
All of the resources to build your
tour are available on the Cdarc
download page.
Goggle Earth Virtual Tour
Keyhole Markup Language aka
Pseudo-HTML
See handout for code summary
Goggle Earth Virtual Tour
Keyhole Markup Language aka
Pseudo-HTML
See handout for code summary
Goggle Earth Virtual Tour
Keyhole Markup Language aka
Pseudo-HTML
See handout for code summary
Goggle Earth for the Public
Speaking of the Goggle Earth
Gallery, you can follow the links
on the Download page to visit the
Gallery, or to visit some current
Center for Desert Archaeology
Projects at Pueblo Grande or
Salmon Ruins.
Goggle Earth for the Public
Serving a KML File
Follow the first Link on the GE
webpage
Goggle Earth for the Public
Serving a KML File
Follow the Second Link on the GE
webpage
Goggle Earth for the Public
To embed a KML file within a webpage,
see the final embed gadget link.
Follow the directions to generate the
embed code, which can be cut and
pasted into your existing webpage.
Goggle Earth for the Public
Speaking of the Goggle Earth
Gallery, you can follow the links
on the Download page to visit the
Gallery, or to visit some current
Center for Desert Archaeology
Projects at Pueblo Grande or
Salmon Ruins.
Creating 3d Goggle Earth Content:
Working with SketchUp
(Advanced)
If Goggle Earth is GIS for the rest of us, then
SketchUp is 3D for the rest of us!
Learning Sketchup is beyond the scope of this
class, but Mat Devitt will demonstrate this
system by modeling the building we are in
right now.
This workshop was sponsored by the
Center for Desert Archaeology. If
you are interested in further work or
research in 3d applications in
archaeology or historic preservation,
feel free to contact
Doug Gann – dgann@cdarc.org