1. Spatial Sci Jeff Crews “The first day or so, we all pointed to our countries. The third or fourth day we were pointing to our continents. By the fifth day we were aware of only one Earth.” Comments from Sultan Bin Salman al-Saud, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as he was looking back at the Earth from space

2. Have you ever hiked to the top of a mountain, looked down at the landscape below and felt like you were seeing it for the very first time? Geo-browsing allows us to look at information within its natural geospatial context, providing many new and unique perspectives. These new perspectives help us better understand the place in which we live. Spatial Thinking

3. Time for a test!!!! On the next slide there are several symbols You will have between 5 and 10 seconds to memorize as many of the symbols as possible On your marks… get set… GO!!!

4. = A = B = C = D = E = F = G = H = I Tick, tick, tick

5. How many do you remember? = A = B = C = D = E = F = G = H = I

6. A B C D E F G H I

7. Better information leads to better decisions Wired Magazine (2007) reportedWired Magazine (2007) reported on a story that the amount of digital data moving around the world today is something on the order of 161 exabytes. Just to put that number into perspective, one exabyte = 1,000 petabytes or 1,000,000 terrabytes or 1 billion gigabytes (again, slightly different in base 2). They even estimate we’re likely to hit slightly under 1,000 exabytes (or one zettabyte) by 2010. While this number is astounding and somewhat incomprehensible, estimates are that between 70 to 80 percent of all data is spatial, meaning it can be fixed to a specific location; xy coordinate, giving added value to the use of geospatial technologies since its primary function is to work with spatial data sets (U.S. Department of Labor, 2005).

9. Better information leads to better decisions

10. If you keep digging you will end up in China!!!

11. The Future of Geospatial Applications Geospatial careers published an article stating; “the geospatial industry in 2001 was a $5 billion dollar industry, in a few short years it will be a $30 billion dollar industry. In another article, the US Department of Labor predicts a need for 75,000 new workers in the geospatial industry in the years to come.

12. In the past we had to use sophisticated applications to view imagery. But with Google Earth, we can access imagery in a 3D world.

13. Where did Google Earth come from? Keyhole, Inc, founded in 2001, was a pioneering software development company specializing in geospatial data visualization applications – EarthViewer Keyhole was acquired by Google in 2004. The name "Keyhole" is also an homage to the KH reconnaissance satellites, the original eye-in-the-sky military reconnaissance system now some 30 years old.KH reconnaissance satellites

14. Where did Google Earth come from? Some aspects of the core technology survive still today in Keyhole Markup Language. Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Mobile still use KML, an XML-based language. Google Earth files can be found online by searching for “KML” and “KMZ” files KMZ is a zipped KML file.

15. Adding KML/KMZ Files Several sites with Google Earth files for download. http://www.spatialsci.com/index.php/sID/b6c33292/fuseaction/data.view.htm http://earth.google.com/sites/ http://www.kmzlinks.com/ Google Search will identify many more

16. Advanced Features Some advanced features of Google Earth version 5.X 3D Buildings Sky View Constellations Planets Galaxies Mars Moon Flight Simulator Ctrl + Alt + A (to activate) Mouse controls or joystick Google Earth Atlas Gloves Super Geeky Google Earth Action

17. Additional Support www.spatialsci.com Resources - Links Download from http://earth.google.com http://earth.google.com Mac or PC (latest version 5.2) More features GPS More file formats can be imported

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