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Monday 10 November

Welcoming Remarks

• Slide deck here

Mapping & Visualization: Google My Maps, Google Earth, and Google Maps Engine

• Slide deck here
• To get to My Maps or My Maps Pro: http://google.com/mymaps
• Data:
• Restoration study sites.csv
• Sydney National Park.kml -- My Maps import KML file with various supported and unsupported features
• Where can you learn more?
• Take a tutorial here!
• See the help center here
• Sign up for My Maps Pro here

Mapping & Visualization: Google Fusion Tables

• Slide deck here
• DEMO 1 - Import and map your data: 
• Data for demo: Download this CSV
• During exercise, to change the info window layout, use this HTML snippet:
  
  

  <div class="googft-info-window" style="font-family: sans-serif; width: 330px; height: 20em; overflow-y: auto;">

      <img src="{URL cp lateral}" style="width: 150px; vertical-align: top; margin-right: .5em" />

      <img src="{URL adult}" style="width: 150px; vertical-align: top" />

      <h2 style="color: brown">{herbivore species}</h2> 

      <p>
          Caterpillar found feeding on host plant <em>{host plant species}</em>, {host plant family} in the {primary eco},{year}.

      </p>

      <p>

          See specimen record {voucher} at <a href="http://janzen.sas.upenn.edu/">Caterpillars, pupae, butterflies and moths of the A.C.G.</a>

      </p>

  </div>
  
  

• DEMO 2 - Create a custom intensity map: 
• Data for demo: (1) Open this Fusion Table (Australia power plants via CARMA) and (2) Open this Fusion Table (Australia state boundaries)
• If you are using a Google Apps domain, such as myname@worldparks.org instead of myname@gmail.com, you won't be able to view Maps in Fusion Tables unless your nonprofit requests whitelisting.
• Enable Google Fusion Tables maps for your Google Apps domain by filling out this form. 

Tour Builder

• Slide deck
• Sample KML files:
• http://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/outreach/kml3/wwf.kmz
• http://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/outreach/kml3/appvoices.kmz

Breakout Session: Adding to the Basemap: Map Maker & Street View, Photo Spheres & Views

• Slide decks:
• Street View, Photo Spheres & Views
• Map Maker
• Resources:
• For Street View, Photo Spheres & Views:
• Google Maps | Views site
• Trekker Loan Program
• More about Photo Spheres and connecting Photo Spheres (constellations)
• Various 360 cameras: Ricoh Theta, Giroptic 360 camera, Bubl Cam
• Examples of researchers using Street View for species identification / conservation
• Assessing Species Habitat Using Google Street View: A Case Study of Cliff-Nesting Vultures
• How Google Street View Could Fight Invasive Species
• Darwin for a Day app powered by iNaturalist.org
• For Map Maker:
• Go to Map Maker
• Stuff.co.nz, "Giant cat appears on Google Maps"
• YouTube video: Map Your World with Google Map Maker
• Help Center for Map Maker

Google Earth Advanced

• Developers guide and KML Reference
• The KML Handbook by Josie Wernecke
• Treves R & Bailey JE, 2012, Best Practices on how to design Google Earth tour for education
• Interactive KML lessons tool
• KML Reference
• Want to be a Google Earth touring pro? Visit this tutorial website.

Tuesday 11 November

Mobile Data Collection: Open Data Kit, Aggregate and formhub

• Slide deck (coming)
• sample form: Cascading selects example XLSform
• Options for data storage
• formhub.org
• opendatakit.appspot.com
• odkcloud.appspot.com
• Google Drive, Google Maps Engine
• Add workshop account if you are using your own phone
• username: geoworkshops@gmail.com
• pass: il0vemaps   (I LOVE MAPS with the O as a zero in lowercase)
• Download latest build of ODK Collect (download)
  
  
• • Maps Engine map to view submitted data (log in as geoworkshops@gmail.com, pw. il0vemaps) or your workshop account: SYD Historical Landmarks
  
  

Google Earth Engine

• Earth Engine Basics: Slide deck
• Earth Engine API: Slide deck
• Earth Engine Advanced API: Slide deck
• Google Earth Engine starting point: http://earthengine.google.org

Tour Builder

• Slide deck

Closing Remarks

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