How to Use Google Maps Engine Lite - A Short Video Tutorial

Google Maps was updated earlier this year (if you're logged in with a Google Apps for Education account you may still the old version). ...

A Short Guide to Google Maps for Educators

In the last month or so I have had a lot of requests to share my short guide to Google Maps for Educators. Since I originally published the ...

Google Maps Indoor Floor Plans On Your Desktop

In September Google added 10,000 indoor maps to Google Maps for Android. This week Google added those same indoor maps to the Google Maps th...

Google Maps and Common Core

This week I had the opportunity to introduce some teachers to using Google Maps for more than just looking up directions. I was asked to add...

New and Better Views of Natural Geography on Google Maps

Today, Google released new visual improvements to the base maps in Google Maps. The improvements include new representations of terrain, v...

Best of the Summer - Map Creation Tools

For the next few days my schedule is packed with travel and two conferences. At the same time, historically this week is when many readers r...

Go Inside the Kennedy Space Center with Street View

Last month Google released some great Street View imagery of Antarctica . Today, Google released more great Street View imagery. The new im...

Explore Antarctica in Google Maps Street View

Earlier today Google released some fantastic new Google Street View imagery of Antarctica. This imagery has also been included in Google...

3D Views of Famous Landmarks

Last month Google introduced 3D photo tours of famous landmarks in Google Maps . If you haven't had a chance to check them out yet, Tekz...

Getting Geeky With Google Maps Measurements

Over the weekend I was using Google Maps to measure the distance of some routes that I want to ride on my bicycle. While I was measuring I ...

New 3D Photo Tours on Google Maps

This morning Google announced the release of a new way to view images in Google Maps. 3D Photo Tours on Google Maps is a collection of publ...

Google Geo Teachers Institutes in England and Ireland

Last year Google hosted a couple of Geo Teachers Institutes in the U.S. One was in Maine while I was in Washington. Today, Google announced ...

Video - What Can You Do With Geography?

Last week the Google Lat Long Blog posted a short promotional video about some of the professions that utilize geography. Of course, the vi...

Google Sightseeing - See the World on Your Desktop

Browsing Google Maps you can see lots of interesting landmarks and fun occurrences captured by the Streetview cameras. Finding all of those ...

Google Maps for Educators - How to Get Started

This morning I ran a short workshop on Google Maps for educators. As I do for most workshops, I promised to post the how-to slides here. Her...

3D Buildings and Tours of the Amazon in Google Maps

In the last two days while I was busy traveling and hiking in Alberta (hike pictures to come on Saturday) Google released two great updates ...