GPS
Chris Manning
Jake Henningsen
Presentation Date March 25
Google Maps for mobile
Use Google Maps on your phone, and never carry a paper map again. Watch a video
Get Google Maps for mobile
Visit this URL in your phone's browser:
m.google.com/maps
Send to Phone
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Supported phones
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BlackBerry |
iPhone |
Nokia S60 |
Windows |
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Navigation |
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Labs |
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Search by voice |
X |
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My Location |
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X |
X |
X |
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Business listings |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Business reviews |
X |
X |
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X |
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Driving directions |
X |
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Transit and walking directions |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Latitude |
X |
X |
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X |
X |
Layers |
X |
X |
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X |
X |
Street View |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Satellite view |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Traffic |
X |
X |
X |
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My Maps |
X |
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Starred Items |
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Buzz |
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Coming soon |
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How to get Google Maps for mobile
In the U.S. text "maps" to 33669
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No matter which phone you have, you can simply visit m.google.com/maps using your phone's web browser and we will send the right version of Google Maps to you. Or you can use the links below for direct access. Send a link to your phone
Android |
BlackBerry |
iPhone |
Nokia S60 |
Windows |
Other |
Tap Maps on the home screen. Search for "Google Maps" in Android Market to update. |
Go tom.google.com/mapson your phone to download |
Tap Maps on the home screen |
Download binary or go tom.google.com/maps on your phone to download. |
Download binary or go tom.google.com/maps on your phone to download. |
Go tom.google.com/maps on your phone to download |
Features
Buzz New!
View what's happening nearby at a glance.
Learn more
Business listings
Search for any business or category of interest.
Driving directions
Thanks to My Location, you don't even have to enter your starting point.
Navigation (Beta)
Get turn-by-turn GPS navigation with voice output.
Watch video Learn more
Transit directions
Get routes and schedules to travel via subway, bus, or on foot.
Latitude
See your friends' locations and share yours with them. Start Maps and then select "Join Latitude."
Watch video Learn more
Street View
View street-level imagery of businesses and turns in directions.
Watch video
Layers
View layers of geographic information (e.g. My Maps, Wikipedia, Transit).
Watch video
Traffic
Real-time traffic helps you find the fastest route.
Resources: http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/, http://www.garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/onthetrail
Traditional GPS devices and some uses for the classroom and just for fun.
A GPS device such as a Garmin can find several uses in the classroom. For instance if your students are learning about area you can have the students take a Garmin and walk around the the perimeter of the school. The GPS device will record their movement and calculate the area they walked. It can give information such as elevation and longitude and lattitude.
It can be placed in a vehicle and will give you informtation about the trip such as time, distance, avg. speed, total moving time, estimated time of arrival etc
It can give you a satellite like image of an area, much like google maps so you can explore a city from your home
It can be useful in a geography class. You can download topograpical maps and water maps to show lakes and river systems
You can download campus maps to help you navigate on your first day of class.
You can even create customs maps like this one about the worlds fair in St. Louis in 1904. So even history class can find a use for the GPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_p1x-fL2zc This is a video that shows how to use google maps and google to locate locations or travel routes.
Another very popular activity to do with a GPS device is Geocache. This is where everyday people go and place some small "treasure" in some location and then record its location for others to find. The idea is to leave something in place of the "treasure" you have taken. Garmin keeps up a database of several Geocache's for anyone to find.
http://www8.garmin.com/outdoor/geocaching/
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