GEO101–Introduction toGeography

Assignment 2

Professor Paluzzi

Due 1/5/2018

Summary of Questions that require answering.

Full credit will require answering all questions and screenshots.

Read the entire exercise (other document) before completing the questions below. Make sure you include a screen-shot of each question along with your response.

Paste a screenshotfor each question - Alt+PRNT SCRN (copy) & CTRL+V or Edit->Paste

Read the entire lab exercise before completing the questions below.

Question 1: What type of information does each thematic point provide and who provides this information?

Question 2: After touring the Grand Canyon and downtown San Diego, write down your opinions regarding the usefulness of different functions like “Roads” and “3D Buildings”. Clearly, there are applications in tourism that one can think of right away. What applications can you envision with regards to scientific studies, for example?

Question 3: Describe what you see regarding your home. Typically we see our home through a very oblique (eye-view) perspective. How does the impression of what you see change when viewing it from above? Like before, include a screenshot of your home.

Question 4: What is the "name" of your home (that is, what did you title the Placemark)?

Question 5: What is the Latitude of your home? (decimal degree & Degree Minute Seconds)

Question 6: What is the Longitude of your home? (decimal degree & Degree Minute Seconds)

Question 6B: What are the differences in the way your home looks between the different time periods? Can you identify differences in the cultural versus physical landscapes? Describe. (You might have to zoom out a bit.)

Question 7: What is the distance between your home and NCC (miles):

Question 8: What is the first step of driving instructions that Google Earth lists FROM your home (just copy down the first one)?

Question 9: What does Area 51 look like to you (i.e. a shopping mall? a lake? an airport? etc.)? (37.249361,-115.812339) Describe in detail what you are seeing.

Question 10: What is the name of the nearest pizzeria? How far is the pizzeria from your home (in feet)? Include a screenshot.

Question 11: In what general direction (north, south, east, or west) is the city of San Francisco located relative to Alcatraz Island and how far apart are they from one another (Hint: use the Fly To field and type "Alcatraz". Next, use the Measure tool)?

Question 12: What is the least distance that someone needs to swim in the ice-cold water to escape the prison island?

Question 13: In what direction is the Golden Gate Bridge relative to Alcatraz Island (Hint: if you are uncertain where the Golden Gate Bridge is, then type in "Golden Gate Bridge" in the Fly To window. Also, be sure the "3D Buildings" is on in the Layers window)?

Question 14:“Fly to” 70.250598, -148.632664. Investigate the grey line, what do you think it is?

Now that you are familiar with some of the functionality of Google Earth you are to navigate to 5 different locations on Long Island. Interpret the image from a geographic perspective. For each of the five locations provide the place you are identifying and describe what you see. You need to include a screen of the location, and you must interpret both the cultural and physical landscape of each location.

Place 1:______

Place 2:______

Place 3:______

Place 4:______

Place 5:______

Go to and participate in the latest crowd-surfing effort.

Participate in the New Zealand Earthquake Mapping exercise. Include a minimum of five screen shots and describe what you are seeing. What is the purpose of this exercise? Who can benefit?
If this exercise is not available, participate in whatever crowd-surfing exercise they are currently offering.