GIS Career Awareness Learning Module # 1

The Digital Earth --- A Virtual Globe  

Answer Sheet

Instructions: Using your favorite text editor or word processing software, type your name, teacher, date and answers next to the appropriate spaces after the colons.   You are free to type in as many lines as you need (Just use the enter key on your keyboard.).

 When finished, be sure to save your work as yourLastName_FirstName_Mod1Answers.rtf (example: Mary Smith would save her answers as Smith_Mary_Mod1Answers.rtf ).  Remember to save your answers frequently so you don’t loose all of your work if something happens to the computer, the power goes out, etc!  You will be reminded to do this.

NAME:
TEACHER:
DATE:

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Begin Typing Your Answers to the Learning Module Exercises.  Do not simply type in the answers without doing the exercises in the Learning Module.
Make sure you type in the answers in the appropriate spaces after the colons.  

A-1: Your School Name:

A-2: School Latitude (the map Y-coordinate in degrees):

A-3: School Longitude (the map X-coordinate in degrees):

A-4: Name Which You Entered for the School:

A-5: Latitude as Shown in the New Placemark control panel:

A-6: Longitude as Shown in the New Placemark control panel:

A-7: Distance Between Your School and SDSU (miles): 

A-8: Copy down the first driving instruction that Google Earth lists FROM your school (Just copy down the first one!):

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A-9: Briefly describe “Area 51”:

A-10:  What is the name of the nearest Pizza Restaurant to your school?:

A-11: How far is the Pizza Restaurant from your school? (Give the distance in feet.):

A-12: Which direction must you go (North, South, East, West) from Alcatraz Island to the shores of the city of San Francisco?:

A-13: How far apart is Alcatraz Island from the nearest point along the shoreline of the city of San Francisco (in feet)?:

A-14: Which direction (North, South, East, West) is the Golden Gate Bridge from Alcatraz Island?:

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B-1: Name two reasons why federal government agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and private disaster relief agencies, such as the Red Cross, would be interested in before-and-after images of a major natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina:

B-2: Name one reason why people who were displaced/evacuated from the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina might want to use a Digital Earth GIS tool such as GeoFusion’s GeoPlayer with similar image datasets:

B-3: Name the area you are describing (You can use the place name, street names, park names, etc. that are given in the “Map” layer):

B-4: What kinds of devastation/changes are visible at your selected area? (You may also toggle the “Digital Globe Satellite” layer on and off to see the changes.):

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B-5: Briefly state how a disaster relief agency or government employee might use GeoFusion’s GeoPlayer imagery of New Orleans to assist New Orleans and its residents.

C-1: In your paragraph, quickly describe (in two sentences or less) each of the two GIS applications that you used (Google Earth and GeoFusion’s GeoPlayer).  Also describe a couple similarities and a couple of differences between the two:

C-2:	In your paragraph, also answer if you think that the two GIS applications (Google Earth and GeoFusion’s GeoPlayer) can help people?  It what ways can they help people?  In what kinds of occupations/industries would they be useful?:

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C-3:	Now, based on your experience with both GIS applications, pick your favorite.  In your paragraph, please discuss which application you liked the best (Google Earth or GeoFusion’s GeoPlayer) and tell us WHY?   Please also discuss what the best or “coolest” feature of your favorite application was:

C-4:	Finally, in your paragraph, describe your experience with using your favorite application.  Was it “fast?”  Did it take forever to load images?  Did it “work” the entire time you used it?  Did you have any kind of difficulty using it?  Based on your experience with it, would you use it again?  Answer why or why not and how this might affect people who use it in a job:

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When finished, be sure to save your work as yourLastName_FirstName_Mod1Answers.rtf (example: Mary Smith would save her answers as Smith_Mary_Mod1Answers.rtf ).  Follow your teacher’s instructions for “handing in” your work.

CONGRATULATIONS!  YOU ARE FINISHED WITH MODULE 1!  YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO EARNING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION-ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION GIS CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAM CERTIFICATE FROM THIS PROJECT.