Workshop Materials
General Information
Workshop Mailing List:
Google Account:
- login: iggworkshop2011@gmail.com
- password: ilovemaps
Submit your questions:
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:
- Other Data:
- 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)
- Other software of interest (free download):
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