• Session slide deck: Vancouver - Google Earth Basics
• Data for Exercise:

1. Create a placemark, and add text in the balloon: "Strathcona Park, designated in 1911, is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia."
2. Change the icon of the placemark.
3. Add a custom icon of a hiker: www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/events/100Adventure/images/hikes.gif (source page)
4. Create a path.
5. Create a polygon.
6. Modify the style of your features and labels.
7. Add link to balloon(s): www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/strath/
8. Add a photo of a bear in your placemark(s): click to link to jpg image (source page)
9. Download the image of a Roosevelt Elk to your computer by clicking here, and then add it to the balloon of one of your placemarks.
10. Add a photo of a trail to one of your placemarks: click to link to jpg image (source page)
11. Embed a YouTube video of bear sighting in a placemark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk5BmOQgXy0
12. Overlay the Strathcona Park Map (using image overlay tool): click to link to jpg image (source page)
13. Add views and perspectives to each annotation.
14. Create a folder to hold everything you've created for this project.
15. Create a tour of your project using one of the three methods discussed.
16. Save your project as a KMZ file.

• More photos of Strathcona Park found here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Strathcona_Provincial_Park
• Completed Map (for reference): click to download KML
• Embed KML gadget - for embedding KML projects (without tours) on your website or blog
• Embed Tour gadget - for embedding tours on your website or blog
• Tutorials:
• Annotate Google Earth: Learn how to add placemarks, paths, polygons, photos and YouTube videos to Google Earth.
• Add photos & image overlays in Google Earth: Learn how to overlay photographs and scanned maps in Google Earth.
• Add views & perspectives in Google Earth: Learn how to save unique camera angles to placemarks.
• Create a narrated tour in Google Earth: Learn how to create a guided narrated tour of your Google Earth project.
• Embed Google Earth in your website: Learn how to embed your Google Earth project on your website or blog.
• Intermediate Exercises for Extra Credit:
1. Add another image overlay, this time using this image of topography for Vancouver Island, from this source page. [see finished product here.]
2. Add more image overlays, using the forest cover maps here.
3. Using this tutorial as a reference, add a Photo Overlay to Red Pillar mountain using this photo, from this source page. [see finished product here.]

• Presentation slides (download PPT)
• Demos

• STEP ONE: Import Data into Fusion Tables. Download the Strathcona.kml or Strathcona.csv file, the iNaturalist File and the GBIF occurrences file. 
• KML file with points (no polygons): iNaturalist_Observations
• Credit: iNaturalist.org
• KML file with polygons: Strathcona Park from Protected Planet
• Strathcona KML file (download)
• Strathcona CSV file (download)
• (not for the workshop exercise) Strathcona SHP file (download)
• Credit: ProtectedPlanet.net
• CSV file of GBIF occurrences: GBIF occurrences 
• Credit: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• STEP TWO: Import those datasets into Fusion Tables by clicking New Table > Import. 
• Sign in with this Google Account:
• canadaworkshop2011; password ilovemaps!
• Important: When you import your datasets, BE SURE to include your name on the title so you know which one's yours!
• Make sure that the columns are the correct format. To check, go to Edit > Modify Columns. You are either basing your location data off of a country or a two-column designation (Latitude, Longitude). 

• STEP ONE: Download GBIF occurrences with icons XLS:
• GBIFoccurrences_icons.xls (download)
• STEP TWO: Import GBIFoccurrences.xls file into Fusion Tables
• STEP THREE: Once imported, copy the table ID (it's a 7-digit number at the end of the url, like http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=1612144)
• STEP FOUR: Go back to the GBIFoccurrences file you imported earlier. Select "Merge" and paste the table ID into the "Merge with" field. You will see the columns from GBIFoccurrences_icons.xls appear. Choose the two columns that the tables share in common, which in this case is "Catalogue number". You are going to create a new table out of these two tables, so give it a new name (with your name in it!). Select Merge.
• STEP FIVE: Check out your new table. You should see custom icons for the map pins. 
• TIP: There are many more icons available now in Fusion Tables...over 200! See them all here: https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=99003

• STEP ONE: Have the iNaturalist dataset and the GBIFoccurrences_icons (your versions of both files) open in a browser window. 
• STEP TWO: Go to Google Fusion Tables Layer Builder (http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fusiontables/fusiontableslayer_builder.html)
• STEP THREE: Under Add Layer, enter the table IDs from the iNaturalist dataset into the field. Wait a moment, and you'll be able to select the column headers to choose the location column. Click "Add Layer." Zoom in to a zoom level that allows you to see all your data. Click "Update Map." Further down, select "Add Another Feature" and choose "Another layer." Repeat with the GBIFoccurrences_icons dataset and select "Add Layer." You'll see both your tables in the preview window!

• Layer Builder Code
• STEP ONE: Go to our Blog: http://canadaworkshop2011.blogspot.com/. (Note: you must be signed in with canadaworkshop2011@gmail.com; password: ilovemaps!) Select New Post. Make sure you are in "Edit HTML" mode.
• STEP TWO: Take the code from the Fusion Table Layer Builder. Paste it into the post and give your post a title (with your name on it!). Publish your post, and check out your handiwork!
• Fusion Tables Embed Code
• STEP ONE: When in Map view, click "Get Embeddable Code." Copy all the code that appears in the window by clicking in the window and selecting CTRL-A or CMD-A (Mac).
• STEP TWO: Go to Blogger and create a new post. You must be in "Edit HTML" mode. Paste the embed code in the blog, give it a title with your name on it, and Publish!

Google Earth, Earth API & KML

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• Maps API
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• Recycle Torrance - oil recycling centers in LA
• Pedaling for Preserves - biking across the country, with elevation profiles
• I Love Mountains - your connection to mountaintop removal coal mining
• Plane Finder
• New York Marathon - from The Wall Street Journal
• PadMapper
  
  
• Quick overview of Google Maps (same as Basic Track)
  
  
• Coding with Maps API
• Outreach Canada API Exercises, Examples #1-5
• Google Code Playground - Maps Examples
• Google Maps API v3 Reference