Now You Can "Go Back in Time" In Street View

For years now we've been able to look at historical imagery in Google Earth by using the time slider . Now a similar feature is availabl...

Dozens of Virtual Tours and Webcams On One Google Map

Angela Hamblen is a high school school Social Studies teacher in Kentucky that I've had the pleasure of meeting at ISTE conferences and...

CGP Grey Explains the Relationship Between China, Hong Kong, and Macau

This week CGP Grey released a new video about another tricky topic in political geography, the relationship between China, Hong Kong, and Ma...

Explore the Temples of Angkor Through Google Street View

Google's Street View imagery just keeps getting better and better. The latest addition to Street View was released yesterday . The lates...

Exploring History, Art, and World Wonders Online

The Google Cultural Institute is one of my favorite sites for students in history, geography, and art courses. The online exhibitions in th...

Access and Use More Than 20,000 Historical Maps from the New York Public Library

The New York Public Library recently released more than 20,000 historical maps through NYPL Digital Collections . These maps can be download...

Free iBook - 16 Online Resources & Ideas for Teaching Geography

Online Resources for Teaching IB DP Geography is a free iBook published by Richard Allaway. The free iBook contains sixteen chapters addres...

A Small Collection of Resources for Learning About Mount Everest

The Himalaya climbing season is just beginning. This is a good time for lessons about Mount Everest and the Himalaya in general. Concepts in...

Spark Inquiry With Geoguessr & Geosettr

Geoguessr is a fun and challenging geography game based on Google’s Street View imagery. The game presents players with imagery of a locati...

Have You Tried the New Google Maps?

Last spring Google announced the availability of a new desktop version of Google Maps for those who wanted to try it out. I've been usin...

AirPano - Gorgeous 360 Degree Virtual Tours of the World

AirPano is a fantastic site for viewing gorgeous 360 degree imagery of dozens of famous landmarks and cities all over the world. I initiall...

Mapfaire Offers an Easy Way to Make Online Maps

Yesterday I shared step-by-step directions for building maps with Google Maps Engine Lite . If your students aren't ready for Google Map...

How to Create Placemarks, Layers, and Polygons in Google Maps Engine Lite

Google Maps is a versatile tool that I've been using with students and sharing with teachers for years now. From simple virtual scavenge...

GE Teach Version 5 - A Good Resource for Teaching With Google Earth

A couple of years ago I introduced some of you to GE Teach developed by Josh Williams. Recently, GE Teach was updated again. The latest ver...

A Good Google Earth Tour Builder Tutorial

Google Earth Tour Builder is a slick tool that Google introduced a couple of months ago. Tour Builder is a browser-based tool for creating G...

Compare the Size of Countries and States With These Map Mash-ups

This morning through Google Maps Mania I found a neat little site called MapFight . MapFight lets you select two U.S. states or two countri...

The European Word Translator Puts Language Into Geographic Context

The European Word Translator is a map and translation tool created by UK Data Explorer. Type a word or phrase into the map's search too...

An Excellent Model of Using ArcGIS in Education

Last month I shared a review of an excellent mapping tool called ArcGIS Online . This morning I found a fantastic example of using ArcGIS in...

An Animated Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States

The Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond recently released a new feature called the Atlas of the Historical Geography of th...

The Dictionary of American Regional English Highlights Regional Dialects

Six months ago I shared Joshua Katz's Dialect Survey Maps  (the maps take a long time to load) which highlight the differences in region...