Workshop Materials

General Information

Workshop Mailing List:

• igg-google-mapping-workshop@googlegroups.com
  • homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/igg-google-mapping-workshop

Google Account:

• login: iggworkshop2011@gmail.com
• password: ilovemaps

Submit your questions:

• Google Moderator question list

Links:

• How to request imagery
  • Follow Your World link - sign up to track imagery for your favorite place!
  • "How To" page for managing your Places page (coming soon)
  • Product Ideas page (coming soon) - add ideas like adding water bodies

Workshop Session Data & Links

Open Data Kit / Mobile Data Collection (Wednesday AM)

• Link to data collected on Wednesday AM: http://odk-tutorial.appspot.com
• Log in with your Google Account. For the 'CavalloPt_Plant_Inventory' form, you can:
  • View submissions (to view individual submissions in a table
  • Download CSV to export to Excel, etc.
  • Click 'External Service Connection' to view it in Fusion Tables (try this!) -- if you get a 'page not found' error after granting access, it still likely went through to Fusion Tables! -- view Fusion Table by going to http://google.com/fusiontables!
  • Create a KML to view in Google Earth (try this!)

Google Earth Basics (Wednesday PM, Thursday AM)

• Presentation (download)
• Finding more KML/KMZ files to open in the Google Earth Outreach Showcase: http://earth.google.com/outreach/showcase.html
  • Google Earth Outreach tutorial: http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_annotate.html
  • Picasaweb album: https://picasaweb.google.com/ when logged in to the Google Account
  • Embed a photo from a URL: http://earth.google.com/outreach/images/case_study/adelia_fig1.jpg
  • Slideshow: https://picasaweb.google.com/113336734877808139413/BiodiversityOfCalifornia#
  • You Tube video: Greenpeace Positive Impacts

Storytelling Track Data & Links

Annotating Google Earth

• Google Earth Outreach tutorial: http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_annotate.html

• Picasaweb album: https://picasaweb.google.com/ when logged in to the Google Account
• Embed a photo from a URL: http://www.parksconservancy.org/assets/images/our-work-images/our-work-images/image_8_3280.jpg
• Slideshow: https://picasaweb.google.com/113336734877808139413/BiodiversityOfCalifornia#
• YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RouVNQz9k24
• Adding a 3D model: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
• Historical map overlay: http://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/Size4/D0113/5289000.jpg

Annotating Google Earth Continued (Thursday AM)

• Click here to find helpful tips and links for creating content in Google Earth

Importing GPS Data (Thursday AM)

• Choose a GPS track to import:
  • Sailing in SF Bay (download)... visit 3D models on GPS track example at youtube.com/hugeracingvideos
  • Squaw Valley Ski Track (download)
  • Save the Elephants GPS tracks (download)

Importing GIS Data (Thursday AM)

• To import GIS data, you need Google Earth Pro (download 7-day free trial here)
• Marin County data for exercise:
  • Trails of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • Soils of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • Geology of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • Wetlands of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • USGS Topo Map for Cavallo Point (download) - source: CalAtlas
• Other Data:
  • Southeast Asia rivers (download)
  • Southeast Asia land use (download)
• Other software of interest (free download):
  • Quantum GIS (download from qgis.org)
  • ogr2gui (download from sourceforge.net)

Narrated Tours

• COP 16 Tours: http://www.google.com/cop16/climatetours.html
• Download this project file if you don't have your own project material. (download here)

Where to upload your KMZ files (for use during workshop?

• File Cabinet of the Google Site we created: click here to go there now! (at the bottom, click on "SIGN IN" to sign in with the iggworkshop2011@gmail.com login in order to see the site we created!)

How to embed your KML or Tour in a website

• Embed KML gadget: http://tr.im/embedkml
• Embed KML tour gadget: http://tr.im/embedtour

Breakout Sessions Data & Links

GPS & GIS

• Slides (download PDF)
• To import GIS data, you need Google Earth Pro (download 7-day free trial here)
• Marin County data for exercise:
  • Trails of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • Soils of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • Geology of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • Wetlands of Marin County (download) - source: MarinMap
  • USGS Topo Map for Cavallo Point (download) - source: CalAtlas
  • Marin County Geo Names 2009 (KML file download)

• Climate Change KML files (from GIS data conversion)
  • Other software of interest (free download):
    • Quantum GIS (download from qgis.org)
    • ogr2gui (download from sourceforge.net)

Open Data Kit (ODK)

• Google Earth Outreach Tutorials -- Open Data Kit tutorials in Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

All Presentations

• Introductory Workshop Slides, including review of Google Mapping Tools - Download
• Introduction to Google Earth - Download
• Introduction to Maps Presentation - Download