Maps! Maps! Maps!

EXPLORE NEW PLACES

Roadtrip Mixtape

• • Enter in a start and end destination, Roadtrip Mixtape fills in local music for your drive.

  • Let your daily playlist take you on a musical journey (OK the only plays a sample for some songs, but at least gives you a taste of local music in different areas). If you like a song look them up on Grooveshark.

Neighborhood Scout

• • Learn about any neighborhood in the US

  • Real estate, school, crime, population and others

Eric Simmons

New Ulm Public Schools | Director of Instructional Technology

ersimmons.com

esimmons @ newulm.k12.mn.us

Instant Street View

• Jump straight to Google Street View by address

Google Earth Gallery

• • SEARCH and see what you can find

  • GoogleEarthHacks: User uploaded Google Earth files

K-6 Virtual Class Trips

ShotHotspot

• Find popular photo locations, anywhere in the world

CREATING AND SHARING CONTENT

Meograph

• Tell digital stories and create interactive timelines

• NARRATE, YouTube & Pictures, ALL ON A MAP!!

  • Cuban Missile Crisis - Meograph Demo

Google Maps... of course

• Creating a Map in My Maps

• Ben Friesen's Google Maps/Earth TIES12 Session

National Geographic MapMaker Interactive

• Create and edit simple to complex maps that

• Great resource when you need to print map

Google Map Maker

• • Improve the area around you (where possible)

Tripline.net Share your adventures and stories through interactive maps, pictures, words.

CURRENT EVENTS

Trendsmap.com: Real-time map of Twitter Feeds around the world

Public Flickr Map: Geotagged public Flickr photos displayed on a map

Hubii: Online newspapers all over the globe and personal "Mapazine" of news

DATA VIRTUALIZATION AND CONCEPTUALIZATION

Batchgeo Upload map data on spreadsheet, instant map

Hillmap Awesome side-by-side topographical maps and analysis

Social Explorer

• • Past and present Census data

  • Create and share data

• A Survey of the Flooding in N.Y.C After the Hurricane

North American Environmental Map

Minnesota DNR Data Deli

• • Public DNR data on a variety of topics to download use as you like.

MN Department of Transportation - GIM

• • Individual city and county maps. Updated annually

Historic Places in Minnesota

MN Historical Society Map Collection

• • Minnesota historical maps

  • Scanned primary sources and Google Earth maps!

  • Minnesota Streetcar Museum downloads

John R. Borchert U of MN Map Library

• • U of MN library committed to Minnesota Geography, past and present

America Revealed PBS Short Stories on how America "works"

RealWorldMath

Digital Sanborn Maps

• • Sanborn Fire Insurance maps from 1867-1970

  • New Ulm's Temporary Access ended 1/5/2013..

  • Request your own free trial here under Maps > Digital Sanborn Maps

• Bayfield, WI 1904

WhatWasThere.com