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I am a mature student. I feel a little too mature at the age of 31. University is...interestin g so far. This is a big change of pace from the 9-5 and ...continued

Favourite Academic Subject:
Chemistry (I think)

Favourite Music:
anything except rap or country

Favourite Movies:
High Fidelity

Google Earth
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There is an excellent Google Earth User Guide at the site.

I thought it would be interesting to search for world architecture and civic/public squares and to mark and tag it in Google Earth. Here are some topic suggestions:

  • St.Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro), Rome
  • St. Mark's Cathedral (Piazza San Marco), Venice
  • Colosseum, Rome
  • Chartres Cathedral, Chartres
  • Parthenon, Athens
  • The Palm Islands, Dubai, UAE
  • Empire State Building, New York City
  • Sear's Tower, Chicago
  • CN Tower, Toronto

In the Google Earth User Guide see section "Marking Places" for:

  • Creating a New Placemark
  • Saving a Point of Interest
  • Sharing a Placemark
  • Saving Search Results
  • Saving Images
  • Printing

You can now search for various landmarks in interesting cities, find images of high resolution and present these on a powerpoint slideshow for a class presentation. Have fun!

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Liv Valmestad
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