PRCC Google Earth Exercise – Description

Southeast Asia

1.  Sometimes Google Earth doesn’t do justice to a thing.  Type Bagan, Myanmar into the Search box.   Zoom in a little, to about 33,000 feet or so.  It looks like there’s nothing here but dirt farms, doesn’t it?  Turn on the ‘Google Maps Photos’ submenu in the ‘Photos’ layer.  Click on several of the pictures that say ‘Bagan.’  It’s not barren at all.  What’s here?  Turn off the ‘Photos’ layer.

2.  Type 13.41, 103.87 into the Search box.  Zoom out, if necessary.  According to your notes on SE Asia, what is this structure?

3.  In between Malaysia and the island of Sumatra is a narrow strait known to be rife with pirates.  What is the name of this strait?  Find out by searching for Malaysia or Sumatra.  There is a ‘Water Bodies’ submenu in the ‘Borders’ layer, if you need it.

4.  Type Banaue, Philippines into the Search box.  Zoom in to about 5500 feet, and give the image time to focus.  Look at the landscape.  Drag the image around, if you need to.  What do these long, wavy features represent?  Hint: it has to do with the type of agriculture discussed in the China lecture. 

5.  Type Borobudur, Indonesia into the Search box.  At ~9000 feet, you will see a circular temple complex.  Turn on the ‘3D Buildings’ layer, and give it time to load.  Zoom in close enough to see the various levels of the temple.  How many large concentric circles are there to get to the highest level of this Buddhist complex, circles with what look like stretched-out triangles?  You should be able to tell at about 1300 feet up or so.  Scrolling your cursor over the building will highlight it a little, if needed.  (By the way, this temple is Indonesia’s most famous monument.  It’s the size of the pyramids in Egypt!)  Turn off the ‘3D’ layer.

6.  Type 21.033, 105.84 into the Search box.  You’re in Ha Noi, North Vietnam.  Zoom in.  Give it time to focus.  The pin has dropped you in the courtyard of Hanoi’s Military History Museum.  What specific items do you see on display in this courtyard?  I’ll give you an extra credit point for every different type of artifact you describe beyond the first one.  Photos will help you with this question.

South Asia

7.  Go to Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh) and zoom in to ~6600 feet.  Click the ‘More’ layer on your left panel, then click ‘Transportation’.  You’ll see several icons appear in the city, but all the icons are the same, representing the same type of transportation.  Mouse over a couple of the icons.  What kind of transportation do the icons represent?  Unclick the ‘More’ layer.

8.  Type 27.173, 78.042 into the Search box.  At ~3000ft altitude, turn on your ‘3D Buildings’ layer.  While the buildings load, see that little orange man there at your controls?  Once the buildings have loaded, click-hold on that little man and drag him to the small square in the very center.  Drop him there.  You will be taken to the street level where you can see the 3D buildings as if you were looking straight at them.  Where are you, what famous building? 

Exit out with the button in the top right-hand corner.  Zoom out.  Turn off the ‘3D’ layer.

9.  Type Bahai Lotus Temple Delhi into the Search box. Zoom in until you can see the temple.  How many blue lotus “petals” (pools) does this temple’s have?  This is a VERY cool looking building, if you want to see it in photos or in 3D.

10.  Find Bhadru, Pakistan and zoom out to ~12,400 feet.  See the road that crosses the Indus River on your left?  Click the ‘Roads’ layer.  What is the name of that road that crosses the river there?  There are two possible answers to this question.  I’ll take either answer.

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Southeast Asia

1.  Sometimes Google Earth doesn’t do justice to a thing.  Type Bagan, Myanmar into the Search box.   Zoom in a little, to about 33,000 feet or so.  It looks like there’s nothing here but dirt farms, doesn’t it?  Turn on the ‘Google Maps Photos’ submenu in the ‘Photos’ layer.  Click on several of the pictures that say ‘Bagan.’  It’s not barren at all.  What’s here?  Turn off the ‘Photos’ layer.

2.  Type 13.41, 103.87 into the Search box.  Zoom out, if necessary.  According to your notes on SE Asia, what is this structure?

3.  In between Malaysia and the island of Sumatra is a narrow strait known to be rife with pirates.  What is the name of this strait?  Find out by searching for Malaysia or Sumatra.  There is a ‘Water Bodies’ submenu in the ‘Borders’ layer, if you need it.

4.  Type Banaue, Philippines into the Search box.  Zoom in to about 5500 feet, and give the image time to focus.  Look at the landscape.  Drag the image around, if you need to.  What do these long, wavy features represent?  Hint: it has to do with the type of agriculture discussed in the China lecture. 

5.  Type Borobudur, Indonesia into the Search box.  At ~9000 feet, you will see a circular temple complex.  Turn on the ‘3D Buildings’ layer, and give it time to load.  Zoom in close enough to see the various levels of the temple.  How many large concentric circles are there to get to the highest level of this Buddhist complex, circles with what look like stretched-out triangles?  You should be able to tell at about 1300 feet up or so.  Scrolling your cursor over the building will highlight it a little, if needed.  (By the way, this temple is Indonesia’s most famous monument.  It’s the size of the pyramids in Egypt!)  Turn off the ‘3D’ layer.

6.  Type 21.033, 105.84 into the Search box.  You’re in Ha Noi, North Vietnam.  Zoom in.  Give it time to focus.  The pin has dropped you in the courtyard of Hanoi’s Military History Museum.  What specific items do you see on display in this courtyard?  I’ll give you an extra credit point for every different type of artifact you describe beyond the first one.  Photos will help you with this question.

South Asia

7.  Go to Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh) and zoom in to ~6600 feet.  Click the ‘More’ layer on your left panel, then click ‘Transportation’.  You’ll see several icons appear in the city, but all the icons are the same, representing the same type of transportation.  Mouse over a couple of the icons.  What kind of transportation do the icons represent?  Unclick the ‘More’ layer.

8.  Type 27.173, 78.042 into the Search box.  At ~3000ft altitude, turn on your ‘3D Buildings’ layer.  While the buildings load, see that little orange man there at your controls?  Once the buildings have loaded, click-hold on that little man and drag him to the small square in the very center.  Drop him there.  You will be taken to the street level where you can see the 3D buildings as if you were looking straight at them.  Where are you, what famous building? 

Exit out with the button in the top right-hand corner.  Zoom out.  Turn off the ‘3D’ layer.

9.  Type Bahai Lotus Temple Delhi into the Search box. Zoom in until you can see the temple.  How many blue lotus “petals” (pools) does this temple’s have?  This is a VERY cool looking building, if you want to see it in photos or in 3D.

10.  Find Bhadru, Pakistan and zoom out to ~12,400 feet.  See the road that crosses the Indus River on your left?  Click the ‘Roads’ layer.  What is the name of that road that crosses the river there?  There are two possible answers to this question.  I’ll take either answer.

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