Google Earth science

William H. Baird; Clifford W. Padgett; Jeffery A. Secrest

doi:10.1088/0031-9120/50/2/224

Google Earth science

William H. Baird, Clifford W. Padgett, Jeffery A. Secrest

Biochemistry, Chemistry, & Physics

Armstrong Atlantic State University

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Google Earth has made a wealth of aerial imagery available online at no cost to users. We examine some of the potential uses of that data in illustrating basic physics and astronomy, such as finding the local magnetic declination, using landmarks such as the Washington Monument and Luxor Obelisk as gnomons, and showing how airport runways get their numbers. Close inspection of the images provided by Google Earth reveals that most of them are actually obtained via camera-equipped planes rather than satellites.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	224-231
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Education
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/50/2/224
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

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