Google Earth - Maps and Mapping

This half term we are studying Maps and Mapping in Geography. Maps are used to find out where we are on the earth and mapping is a skill we learn to draw maps.

For many years maps and an atlas have been the only things we could use to find out where we were on Earth or where we wanted to go.

Over the last couple of years however, Google were busy creating 'Google Earth' and if you install this on your home computer you can use it to do all sorts of amazing things. We are using it in class along with our maps and atlas books to learn about Maps and Mapping and it is very useful indeed.

Google Earth is not just a map of the Earth but a visual map as it has street level views, photos of monuments and buildings and even a flight simulator mode. So ask your parents if you can install it on your home computer and then try to find these places using it.

Pyramids at Giza

Eiffel Tower

Leaning Tower of Piza

Loch Ness

Big Ben

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