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Waynesboro Watershed Test Map

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The personalities of map projections?

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Demonstration of Google Earth

Google Earth and Google Maps are ideal to help learn about issues in geography. On this map are a few points that we will use for discussion today. View Google Earth Sites for Discussion in a larger map Download the… Continue reading

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Do these tourists need a map?

Talk about people who need a map. Two french tourists (Guillaume Combot and Enora Nedelec) are in the middle of a three-year hike from Cape Town, South Africa to Paris. They are now near Khartoum Sudan. Check out their web… Continue reading

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Aerial Photos on the Ground

View Aerial Photos Reconnaissance 2009 in a larger map In yesterday’s lab we visited several sites to compare today’s ground cover with that of the aerial photos. Given that the photos were taken in 1977, there have been significant… Continue reading

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Tele Atlas

Did you ever wonder who made and verified the road maps used in Map Quest, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Bing Maps, and every other mapping service? One company, Tele Atlas, has a fleet of cars roaming the world to… Continue reading

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Making a map in Google Maps

I found this You tube video that explains how to create a map in Google Maps. It is pretty fast, so don’t hesitate to rewind it to watch parts over…. Continue reading

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Map of Landforms Lab

Enclosed is a Google Map of the sites we visited for the FORT 130 landforms lab. View Larger Map… Continue reading

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Terrain Forms Lab

Following are pictures from the two sections of the Terrain Forms lab for FORT 130. We are very fortunate to have such an interesting landscape so close to the Mont Alto campus. I especially enjoyed coming up on the turkey… Continue reading

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Contour Line Feature on Google Maps

I saw in the Google LatLong blog yesterday that Google has added contour lines to the terrain view. This capability was added by Iljya Kalai, a Google intern. Follow this link to the blog posting. Here is a map I… Continue reading

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