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Free Google Tools

For Community Groups

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Google Maps

● Provides directions, interactive maps, and satellite/aerial imagery of many countries.

● The most advanced consumer mapping site available today, integrated search, directions, places of interest, photographs, streetview, and 3D views including 3D buildings and landscapes.

● Mobile version provides spoken navigation, traffic, shortest route, roadworks etc.

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MyMaps

● You can create custom maps collaboratively to share online with Google My Maps - can be nicely embedded within a website.

● Works on Desktop and Mobile seamlessly, with user/role based privacy - Private, editor's, view with link only, and public.

● Export to KML for Google Earth 3D● Import from Excel and KML● Tutorial

http://www.google.co.nz/earth/outreach/tutorials/mapseng_lite.html

3google.com/mymaps

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Google Earth

● Explore Google’s rich geographical content

● Create your own Point, Line and Polygons in 3D

● Create flythroughs, export to video, share tours with others.

● Works offline using Cached imagery. ● Search for locations using Google

Maps data● Visualize your GPS tracks and share

with others● Go back in time with historical

imagery● Tutorials:

https://www.google.com/earth/learn/

4google.com/earth

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Earth Engine

● Google Earth Engine brings together the world's satellite imagery — trillions of scientific measurements dating back over 40 years

● Makes it available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers, and nations to mine this massive warehouse of data to detect changes, map trends and quantify differences on the Earth's surface.

● Applications include: detecting deforestation, classifying land cover, estimating forest biomass and carbon, and mapping the world’s roadless areas.

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TourBuilder 6tourbuilder.withgoogle.com

● TourBuilder helps you craft and share a

story including text, maps, photos and

videos.

● Tour Builder is a new way to show people

the places you've visited and the

experiences you had along the way using

Google Earth. It lets you pick the locations

right on the map, add in photos, text, and

video, and then share your creation.

● With the Google Earth plugin running in

Firefox or Internet Explorer, it is possible to

develop and share a 3D tour.

● Works in 2D only in Chrome

● https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/tourbuilder.html

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MapMaker 7google.com/mapmaker

● Add and update map information for millions of users to see in Google Maps and Google Earth with Map Maker.

● You can add and edit many different things on the map, including:

● Places, like businesses, addresses, and other locations

o Roads, railways, and paths

o Natural features, like beaches

o Political features, like your city limits or nearby locality

o Building outlines for towers, and monuments

● MapMaker is temporarily not accepting new submissions due to abuse of the peer review process.

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MyTracks

● My Tracks lets you record your path, speed, distance, and elevation.

● View live GPS capture data.● Annotate your path with text and

photos while you record.● Photographs include direction and

bearing placement.● Export your tracks to Google Drive,

Google Spreadsheets, or external storage.

● Works Offline● Track Example

8https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?

id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks

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PhotoSpheres

● 3D PhotoSpheres, up down, all around, just like Street View

● Can be made public, or kept private or even just offline storage.

● The photo sphere camera mode on your Android phone makes it easy to capture a series of photos and automatically turn them into a seamless 360º experience.

● You can also turn your DSLR camera panoramas into photo spheres.

● Add your photo spheres to Google Maps so people can see your favorite places from around the world or around the block.

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StorySpheres

● Story Spheres is a way to add stories to panoramic photographs.

● First upload a PhotoSphere, a 360-degree photo you can take on your phone.

● Then add dialogue, sound effects and even a music track.

● Whoever opens the scene will get a panoramic photo with sound and stories baked in. Better still, on a phone the photo wraps right around the viewer … so now you can tell stories that truly revolve around your audience

● Example

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Fusion Tables

● Visualize massive table data online

● Filter and summarize across hundreds of thousands of rows.

● Then try a chart, map, network graph, or custom layout and embed or share it.

● All your data organization is automatically saved and stored in Google Drive.

● Two tables are better than one! Combine with other data on the web

● Make a map in minutes

● Host data online - and stay in control

● Viewers located anywhere can produce charts or maps from it.

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● TimeLapse uses 40 years oflandsat imagery to create an animation of landscape change.

● Deforestation, urban sprawl, glacial retreat, landuse change, erosion and environmental change.

TimeLapse 12http://world.time.com/timelapse2

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Picasa

● One of the best image managers available including location, editing, synchronisation, and adding descriptions to photos.

● Locate and plot photos on a map.● Puts a GPS XY into the photo itself.● Manage your photos in albums,

upload and host by Google Photos. ● Private, Shared with friends or

Public. ● Task: Make a small group of photos

and plot them on the map.● Dowload: https://picasa.google.com/

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Photos

● Find your photos and videos faster - editing and sharing them just got a lot easier too.

● All your photos and videos from all your devices. Have your photos and videos automatically backed up from your phone, laptop,

● Find photos by what's in them like an animal's name, or by a place.

● Add movement - Upload a sequence of five or more photos and get a fun, animated GIF.

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Google Sites 15

● Single-click page creation.● No HTML required.● Make it your own● Get started with templates● Upload files and attachments● Embed rich content● Work together and share with page

based permissions● Integrate your site content into

google search results.● Control who can view and edit

google.com/sites

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Google Drive

● Drive is the foundation and central repository for all of your files.

● Google Drive is an online hard drive that integrates all of your google files from almost all of the other google applications.

● With Google Drive, you can now access your files, from wherever you are. Share them with whomever you want, and edit them together in real time.

● Provides 15gb free storage plus storage from all of your other google services. $10 per month for a terabyte of secured data.

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Forms

● Easy to build online forms● Build them collaboratively● Easy to see graphs and summary

statistics on results● Customise templates and designs● Wide variety of options including

Text, Multiple Choice, Grid based valuation, and other standard survey options

● Embeddable in websites● Results are collated in an online

sheet.● Link to site:

https://www.google.co.nz/forms/about/

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Hangouts

● Messaging, video calls and voice calls from any device with Google Hangouts

● Reliable video conferencing for up to 9 people, with additional viewers.

● Can be recorded and provided as a live feed via Youtube.com

● Group chat using text with a group of your colleagues.

● Works from Gmail and also as a stand alone desktop app

● https://plus.google.com/hangouts

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Google Groups

● Easy to manage and maintain email or web discussion groups

● Can be used as a web Q & A forum, an email list, or a digest based email list.

● Private or public forum● Participants can manage their own

subscription, and notification frequency options.

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Panoramio

● Panoramio is a community-powered site

for exploring places through photography:

cities, natural wonders, or anywhere you

might go.

● Panoramio is different from other photo

sharing sites because the photos illustrate

places.

● Every Panoramio photo is a candidate for

transfer to the Google Earth Panoramio

layer. You'll notice a line under each photo,

telling you whether it's been reviewed or

selected for Google Earth.

● Panoramio images can get significant

views via Google Map searches and Google

Earth explorers.

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Docs, Slides and Sheets

● Create and edit documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations online for free, collaboratively.

● Works online, offline, desktop, tablet and mobile.

● Chat and comment in real time with friends on any other device, anywhere else.

● No need to ever press Save again. Never lose a file again, retain every version of every change from start to finish.

● Compatible with other office suites, Apple, Android, Windows and Linux.

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Maps MyMaps Google Earth Earth Engine TourBuilder PhotoSphere StorySphere

Fusion Tables TimeLapse Picasa Photos Google Sites Drive Forms

Hangouts Panoramio

Docs, Sheets, &

Slides MapMaker MyTracks

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