Geotours Workbook

A Guide for Exploring Geology using Google Earth

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

AvM. Scott Wilkerson,M. Beth Wilkerson,Stephen Marshak

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Learn to Quickly and Easily Navigate the Google Earth InterfaceStudents can transform their view of the Earth using the 3-D Google Earth interface to view features on the Earth's surface from any height or perspective.Explore Stunning Geologic SitesInstructors and students can visit Geotour locations all over the globe to study plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, faults, folds, environmental issues and more. Students learn to see, interpret and analyse these sites as a geologist would by answering worksheet questions arranged by topic. Users can also browse the library of over 450 Geotour virtual field trips for a self-guided exploration of outstanding examples of geology around the world.Create Your Own Media-Rich Content for Google EarthThe Geotours Workbook shows instructors and students how to easily create their own Google Earth placemarks (with formatted text, images or animated gifs, movies and hyperlinks), interactive flyover tours over the landscape, draped geo-referenced maps and diagrams over the terrain, zoomable photos and more.This easy-to-use workbook is a great value. Geotours Workbook can be packaged for free with Stephen Marshak's Earth: A Portrait of a Planet and Essentials of Geology textbooks. It can serve as a supplement in any course where students need hands-on experience with Google Earth, or it can be used standalone.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-01-10
Mått216 x 279 x 10 mm
Vikt455 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
Upplaga2
FörlagWW Norton & Co
ISBN9781324000969

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Stephen Marshak is the author or coauthor of six best-selling geoscience textbooks published by W. W. Norton. He is professor emeritus in the Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change and director emeritus of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he received multiple campus-level teaching awards. He was also honored with the Neil Miner Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers for his “exceptional contributions to stimulating interest in Earth Science.”