Rainy weekend, no golf and Google Earth

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Jun 10

Rainy WeekendA total washout for a weekend thwarted my usual plans for golf. However, I still watched golf, read about golf and talked about it. I even made my wife watch “The Greatest Game Ever Played”

I routinely tour a few courses on Google Earth every weekend. I did golf last week and using the measuring tool was able to track my tee shot on 18. I have a friend who tracks his jogging route, another who figured out how far it was around a slough on his farm and another who calculated the area of his acreage. These are just a few things done with the measuring tool which could be utilized even more within our classrooms.
Tee Shot on 18

When our school division looked at creating a standard image for our computers I requested Google Earth be on it. Beside the legitimate issue about bandwidth (which we really haven’t addressed)someone mentioned the they thought of Google Earth as a toy. It is a great deal of fun no doubt. There are constantly new hacks and ideas for using it. But as far as being only a toy, not a chance. Bringing context to stories, world events and history is critical for understanding. If we want students to learn about life in context, Google Earth is the best tool for learning about place….and the length of your tee shots.

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  • http://www.gwegner.edublogs.org Graham Wegner

    If you play the ball back in your stance a bit and calm those over active hands at impact, then you might find the fairway! :-> I don’t think Google Earth can measure my drives that usually follow a curved line. However, if you want to check where I play on Google Earth, try thisimage of Grange Golf club and use the coordinates on the image to locate and tour my favourite place for some “me” time.

  • shareski

    Graham,

    Your flickr page must be set to private. I’d love to see it though, maybe you can add me as a contact….My drives aren’t straight either and Google Earth’s measure tool does allow for paths as opposed to straight lines. It just looks more impressive!

  • http://gwegner.edublogs.org Graham Wegner

    My mistake, I’ve reset that image back to public if you are still interested. I had never thought about touring golf courses before in Google Earth.

  • http://www.golfcourses-usa.net Golf Directory

    Now, that’s an awesome idea, never thought about using google earth for this purpose, but I’ll keep in mind for the future, very helpful !

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  • http://golfclubcompletesets.net golfer

    Have never even think about that! How did you arrive at the notion?
    p.s. I’m laughing at your “I even made my wife watch “The Greatest Game Ever Played”” :) Did she ask you to do something in response?
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