Google Earth for Mac is here!
January 10th, 2006 | by Tim Wilson |Attention Mac users… Run, do not walk to download the Google Earth beta that’s now available for OS X.
That’s a shot of my office. I think I can almost make out my car. This isn’t just for the U.S. folks, you can see the world with this tool. (You should probably listen to John Hanke’s talk at O’Reilly’s Where 2.0 Conference for some background about Google Earth.) Maybe you’re talking with your students about the importance of Mount Fuji in Japanese culture. Why not take a tour of the mountain and surrounding area? This screenshot shows how you can change your point of view.
I need to play with this some more, but suffice it to say that Google Earth will be going on every student iBook in our 1-to-1 program as soon as possible.
Update: I missed it in my initial scan of the Google Earth page, but make sure you check out the Google Earth Community to see some examples of what others are doing with the Google Earth technology.
Tags: 1to1, geography, google earth, itconversations, where20
One Response to “Google Earth for Mac is here!”
By Ben on Jan 11, 2006 | Reply
Thanks for posting the news! I’ve been using Google Earth with my students since the beginning of the year, but until now I’ve had to take a school laptop home in order to use it for lesson prep (we’re a Mac home). We’ve been using it in our 1to1 environment to exlpore some of the places we’re talking about in Social Studies and compare ancient sites to what they look like today. If I can manage to get the time in before Spring Break I’d also like to have the kids map out trade routes of the ancient world using the measuring tool.