Resources for Using Google Earth for Geoscience Teaching and Research
Faults in the eastern Iran (32.189398N, 56.884025E). Click image to enlarge.
Google Earth has enormous potential for both teaching and research in the geosciences, but you need to know more than the basics in order to tap the full potential effectively. The resources in this collection will help you learn how to push the limits of Google Earth for displaying geologic data in 3D, for doing field work and research using Google Earth, and for teaching effectively using Google Earth. This resource is an outgrowth of the 2011 GSA Penrose Conference Google Earth: Visualizing the Possibilities for Geoscience Education and Research
This Resource Collection is in Development
This resource collection is being developed by participants from the 2011 Workshop on Google Earth and Teaching Geoscience. For more information, check out the workshop website.
Corner graphic is Google Earth view near Nanzha, China the northern margin of the Taklamakan. Looking NNE from 39.731547N, 78.796463E toward the foothills of the Tian Shan Mountains. Imagery from GeoEye.