Webinar Slides
On October 8, HumaniNet presented an overview and tutorials on using Google mapping tools for humanitarian relief and development projects. Here are the slides.
The slides are in PDF format (also known as Adobe Acrobat) and the video is Windows Media Video (also know as WMV).
Overview: PDF (10 mb) | Video (18 minutes, 2.9 mb, WMV) | Q&A Video (13 minutes, 1.2 MB)
Google Earth Tutorial
- Planning: PDF (5.5 mb) | Video (14 minutes, 2 mb)
- Data Collection: PDF (5 mb) | Video (21 minutes, 3 mb)
- Making Maps: PDF (1.8 mb) | Video (34 minutes, 57.4 mb)
- Mapping Tabular Data (with Google Earth Outreach Spreadsheet Mapper): PDF (6.1 mb) | Video (21 minutes, 4 mb)
- Geo-usability: PDF (15.8 mb) | Video (13 minutes, 2.5 mb)
- Sharing Maps: PDF (8.4 mb) | Video (10 minutes, 1.6 mb)
Note: These videos include the questions and answers within each segment.
Google Earth Guide from Mercy Corps
(Available as a PDF, 1mb)
Reproduced from the dissertation:
Janet Crossley (2008) Google Earth as a Geospatial Tool for Development Organisations: Mapping Climate Change Vulnerability. MSc. in Geographical Information Science by Research Dissertation, University of Edinburgh.
Example Maps
A map of our advisors in Google Maps
