1. Presented by the always cool and confident, Jeff and Tem
Google Maps
Presented by the always cool and confident, Jeff and Tem
Jeff

2. HISTORY OF GOOGLE MAPS SERVICES
Acquisition of companies / Component functions
Maps launched Feb 2005
Google Moon Google Mars Google Sky Google Ride Finder Google Traffic
Google Transit Google biking directions Google My Maps Google Street View
Google Underwater Street View Google Aerial View Google Latitude
Google Flu Vaccine Finder Indoor Google Maps Google Maps Business View
Privacy issues with Google Maps
Traffic data collection
Errors in data collection
Domestic Security
Pictures of you in the world
Jeff

3. BACKGROUND Data Collection
Fusion Tables: “Bust your data out of its silo!”
Google Sheets: Like Excel but on Google!
Forms: Yay for making your own surveys and easily translating it into a presentation!
Tem

4. BACKGROUND, cont. Data Presentation
My Maps is a sweet feature that allow you to create, share, save and/or open up personalised maps.
Tem

5. VARIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
There are a fair amount of additions to explore, if you’re feeling fancy!
Upload GPX – GPS receiver format
Upload CSV
Add vector data
Change logos
Embed
Temily

6. Google Sheets to My Map Upload data to google sheet My Maps
Create a Google Sheets layer (requires Google account)
Ensure first row is column title
Helpful to number every row entry
Make sure geo coordinates or address location column(s) provided
My Maps
Create new “My Map” in Google Maps or open shared version
Click on “import layer” to import data created in Google Sheets
Import sheet directly from Drive or upload from computer
Select column(s) with geo location data
Jeff

7. LET’S PRACTICE, FOLKS!
Super simple steps here. Change it up by adding in new layers, choosing a place-specific icon and eye catching colours.
Temily