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=Exploring Google Earth...Beyond the WOW factor= toc = =

The Possibilities:
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 * The Great Mash-up Tool
 * United Streaming
 * Other 3d apps
 * [|Live Maps]
 * [|FlashEarth]
 * [|Google Maps]
 * Google Maps Street View
 * [|SketchUp]
 * Geotagging Photos
 * [|using Flickr]
 * [|Triggermap]
 * [|Localize Bookmarklet] (my favourite)
 * [|using Picasa]
 * Space Navigator
 * [|Unype]
 * [|Twittervision]

Getting Started:

 * [|Download Google Earth]
 * [|Google Earth Pro for Educators]
 * [|Google Earth User Guide]
 * [|Google Earth Tour]
 * [|Tutorials]



The Best Files You can Use Right Now:

 * [|Google Earth Community]
 * [|Google Earth Education Community]
 * [|Google Earth Hacks or Files]
 * [|10 Best Things to do on Google Earth]
 * [|Google Sightseeing]
 * [|Essential Files]
 * [|The Earth Contest]
 * [|Google Earth Flickr Game]
 * [|Wild Soundscape Project]
 * [|Lesson Ideas]



Creating your Own Content

 * [|Creating Tours in Google Earth]
 * [|Using Google Earth with United Streaming]
 * [|Hall Davidson's Presentation]
 * [|Handout]
 * [|Making Movies]
 * [|Google Sketchup]

Adding and Creating Codes

 * To add a link:
 * words to link to
 * To embed an image:
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 * [|Embedding content in Google Maps]....including video
 * Embedding Street View in GE

**Other Resources:**

 * [|My del.icio.us bookmarks]
 * [|Mapcroft Maps for overlay in Google Earth]
 * [|My Youtube Playlist]
 * [|Free Geography Tools]
 * [|Google Earth Blog]
 * [|50 Things to do with Google Maps]
 * [|Pool Guy]
 * [|Amazon Indians]
 * [|Geography All the Way]...Great starting site for schools
 * [|Best of Street View Photos]
 * [|Street View Gallery]

Files

 * [|Flickr Photos]
 * [|Geocaching] (must have a geocache account)
 * [|Strange and Unexplained]