Map inclusion

Over vacation, I found some new applications that I feel are worthy of discussion. I would like to elaborate on Google MyMaps today.
Studying Western Expansion, European history, state or country capitals - relate them to interactive maps that are created by your students.
Here are some examples taken from the Google Blog

• America's Highway: Oral Histories of Route 66: A glimpse into life on the legendary (and now-decommissioned) highway, and what drivers will find there today
• Around Japan in 28 Days: Catalogs a trip across Japan that can be done in 3 weeks
• 2004 Presidential Election: Red states, blue states, and election stats for each
• The World of Hello World: A map of programming languages and rough locations in the world where they were created
• Olympic Host Cities: Cities that have hosted the Olympic Games with links to related Wikipedia information
• The Googleplex: A photo essay on life at the Google headquarters in Mountain View
• Monster Sightings: Locations of monster sightings across the globe

And here is one I made locating some of the places I have lived.

Read how.
Want some help - contact me.

Extension - you can place these maps on the globe using GoogleEarth!!!!

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