**[Google Earth Exercise -- Part 1]{.underline}**

1\. Open Google Earth.

2\. In "Fly To" box, type "California, PA". Hit Enter.

3\. Go to the Tools Menu and Options. For Elevation Exaggeration type 3.
Click on Apply Settings. Click OK.

4\. Zoom in 10 times (Click plus symbol).

5\. Tilt down to see the hills around California, PA. Make sure Terrain
is checked.

6\. Rotate right and left. What road is on top of the steep slope that
leads to the town of Newell immediately across the Monongahela River
from California? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

7\. Let's go to Vegas. Type "Las Vegas, NV" in the "Fly To" box. Hit
Enter.

8\. Zoom in very close until you can see the vehicles, giving Google
Earth time to adapt to the new scale. Can you discern the color of
individual vehicles? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

9\. Notice that you can see much more detail in Las Vegas than you could
in California, PA. Las Vegas spent a lot of money to have better imagery
from aerial photography (planes flying over with cameras) and
satellites. This improved detail is called a better **resolution**.

10\. Go to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_resolution> in Internet
Explorer, and provide a brief definition of image resolution.
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11\. Make sure Buildings is NOT checked, and zoom out. Explore Las Vegas
by panning. Simply hold your mouse button and drag the screen where you
want to go.

12\. Type "Bellagio Dr., Las Vegas, NV" in the "Fly To" box. Hit Enter.
Zoom in a few times and look across the street from the fountain until
you find a replica of Paris's Eiffel Tower. It will look like it is
leaning due to the angle of the image.

13\. Go to New York, NY by typing "New York, NY" in the FlyTo box. Zoom
In to Manhattan and Tilt down the image and notice the buildings appear
flattened. Now check the Buildings box at the bottom. What happens?
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14\. Zoom out and tilt to explore Manhattan. Can you find the site where
the World Trade Center buildings once stood? (Hint: near the southern
tip of Manhattan Island).

15\. Another recent disaster (Hurricane Katrina) occurred in New
Orleans, LA. Go to New Orleans, LA. Uncheck the Buildings box. Find the
Superdome (large round white roof). This image was taken before Katrina.
What interstate runs next to the Superdome?
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16\. In the "Places" menu on the left, double click on Grand Canyon.

17\. Zoom in and Tilt down. Click and drag and slowly release the mouse
button. Can you make the image keep moving like you are flying through
the Grand Canyon? \_\_\_\_\_\_

18\. Now go to "Oleelheue, Indonesia". Zoom in and notice that most of
the structures are destroyed, and only debris remains. Zoom out and
notice that Banda Aceh is nearby. Can you think of a reason why the
buildings are all destroyed (hint: This city is located on the Indian
Ocean)?
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19\. In the "Places" menu on the left, double click on Mt. St. Helens.
In the "Layers" menu on the left, check Geographic Web. Look at some of
the photographs of Mt. St. Helens from various viewpoints.

20\. Go to Iran. Zoom way out. What seven countries border Iran?
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21\. In "Fly To" box, type "16825 S. Seton Ave., emmitsburg, md". Hit
Enter. Now you can see EMI's campus. You cannot see your car because
these are not live images.

22\. Go to Harrisburg, PA. Zoom out and pan down to center the screen on
City Island in the Susquehanna River. Zoom in on the northern end of
City Island. Make sure Google Earth is checked in the Layers menu on the
left. What is the name of the Sports Complex on the northern end of City
Island?
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23\. Open Internet Explorer. Go to <http://www.pasda.psu.edu/>. This
webpage has a large amount of spatial data about Pennsylvania.

24\. Click on "Access Data" on the PASDA webpage. Click on Data Access
Wizard. In the search by keyword box type "ivan", and hit the submit
button. Click on the "Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ivan flood
imagery" link from PEMA. This is metadata, or data about the data.

25\. Click on the Mapservices link (lightning bolt). Click the View in
Google Earth Link. You may have to save this file to the C: drive (temp
folder) and Open it in Google Earth. Type "Harrisburg, PA" in the fly to
box and hit Enter quickly. Pan down to the northern end of City Island
again (zoom out a little if you need to). Wait on the image to load.
What does the Sports Complex look like now?
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**[Google Earth Exercise -- Part 2]{.underline}**

26\. Uncheck the Ivan imagery in the Places Window. Go back to PASDA's
Data Access Wizard. Type "floodplains" as the keyword. Scroll down to
Floodplains of Pennsylvania. Who provided (originator) this data?
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27\. Go to the right on this line (Floodplains of PA) and click on the
lightning bolt icon (Mapservices). Click on the View in Google Earth
link. What color are the lines that pop up in your Google Earth viewer
in Pennsylvania? \_\_\_\_\_

28\. In the Fly To box type "250 University Ave., California, PA" and
Hit Enter. This is the addresss of California University of
Pennsylvania. What does the blue area over 1^st^ Street and Temperance
Streets mean?
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29\. Uncheck the floodplains imagery in the Place window. Go to
<http://www.googleearthhacks.com/downloads/>.

30. In the search box, type "nuclear facilities" and hit the Submit
    button.

31. Click on the link that says "225 nuclear facilities."

32. Click on the image to download the .kmz file and then Open it in
    Google Earth.

33. In Google Earth, in the Fly To box, type Saint Martin and go to this
    Caribbean island. Make sure the Google Earth box is checked in the
    Layers window on the left. Zoom in to the left end of the airport
    runway on the left side of the screen and click on the "I" icon
    title "a bad place to be suntanning". Click on the youtube link in
    the pop up box. Why is this a bad place to be suntanning (notice the
    people on the beach)?
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34. In Internet Explorer, go to
    <http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/>

35. Scroll down to the Google Picks section and click on the Cities in
    Development link. Notice which cities have 3-D models and how many
    buildings are modeled three-dimensionally in each city. You can save
    these and open them in Google earth too, but we will not do that
    during this lab. (Note: some universities have 3-D models. You can
    search for yours.)

36. The University of Arkansas has assisted with the creation of a 3-D
    Mater Plan in Google Earth for which city in Arkansas
    (<http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/cadis_crate_06/index.html>)?
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37. Let's add a place mark. Who wants \$27 million? Let's pretend we
    knew where Usama Bin Laden was located. In Google Earth's Fly-to box
    type "Bannu, Pakistan". Zoom out until you can see the
    Pakistan/Afghanistan border area (yellow line).

38. Click on the Add menu at the top of Google Earth and Add a
    Placemark. For the Name of this placemark, type "Bin Laden." For the
    Description type "This is where we have tracked Bin Laden.
    <http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/laden.htm>" Make sure to
    typr in this hyperlink too. Once you have typed in the name and
    description for this placemark hit OK. Your placemark should appear
    now in Google Earth.

39. Click on you placemark for Bin Laden and open the webpage link. In
    what year was Usama Bin Laden born?
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40. Now Fly-to Washington, DC. Zoom out until you can see the entire
    Beltway Loop (I-495) around Washington, DC. Let's measure the
    distance around this loop. Go to the Tools Menu at the top of your
    Google Earth screen and select Measure. A new pop-up window should
    appear.

41. Click on the Path tab. Move the Measure pop-up window out of your
    way. Click on the map and trace the loop by clicking at each major
    turn in the road. . How long is the Beltway Loop around Washington,
    D.C.?
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42. Click Clear All and close the Measure pop-up window