PPT-From Sputnik to Google Earth

A Brief History of Satellite Remote Sensing Sputnik I Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4 1957 Worlds first manmade satellite Size of a beach ball Weighed about 184 pounds Sputnik II launched November 3 1957. The Census Bureau has recently made this possible by publishing generalized and detailed 2010 tract and county boundaries in a format kml compatible with Google Earth Installing Google Earth isnt complicated To get started go here decide whether or Crowdsourcing. & . Web Mapping. Agenda. Citizen Mapping. OpenStreetMap. Google Map Maker. Google Earth. Crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is the process of getting work, usually online, from a crowd of people. The word is a combination of the words 'crowd' and 'outsourcing'. The idea is to take work and outsource it to a crowd of workers.. “…explore the neighborhood, view the landscape, to discover at least where it is that we have been so startlingly set down, if we can’t learn why.”. Annie Dillard, as quoted by Richard . Louv. By,. . S.Subhashini. . M.Tech. (COS). 1. st. year. INTRODUCTION. Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite.. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses.. Lite. Teaching Science. With Balloons. Nick Pugh. K5qxj@amsat.org. Agenda. Scientific Investigation. Data Collection. Temperature Change with Altitude. Graphing. Wind Drift. Radio. Critical Thinking. Your Task. Read the background information on Sputnik. . Read the Soviet Press Release about the Satellite Sputnik and look at the picture. Then answer the following questions: . How do you think Americans react to this new technology?. “…explore the neighborhood, view the landscape, to discover at least where it is that we have been so startlingly set down, if we can’t learn why.”. Annie Dillard, as quoted by Richard . Louv. Warfare drove science. War provided a need for scientific and technical development, leading to government support. Vannevar. Bush described the bargain in ‘The Endless Frontier’. WWII achievements: RADAR, A-bomb, missiles, computers. S.Subhashini. . M.Tech. (COS). 1. st. year. INTRODUCTION. Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite.. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses.. . Presenter: Alicia McGee. Email: . amcgee@mobilemcps.org. Make a copy of this to take notes!. Maps and Geography . We want students to become global students….. So….. Students should be able to:. Resources for Educators. Google Earth Overview. Provides . a way to explore the world without leaving your . computer. Free software. Available for Windows, Linux, and . Mac. Easy to use. Google . Earth Pro . . Presenter: Alicia McGee. Email: . amcgee@mobilemcps.org. Make a copy of this to take notes!. Maps and Geography . We want students to become global students….. So….. Students should be able to:. Select the ‘Ocean’ box and all sub-categories. Google Earth Tour of…. Monterey Bay, the Great Barrier Reef, atolls, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Cape Cod. Use Google Earth to tour each of the above locations. Zivan . Yoash. Inter University Computation Center. The . VI-SEEM project initiative . is co-funded by the European Commission under the . H2020 Research . Infrastructures contract no. . 675121 . https://vi-seem.eu/.