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Required Equipment and Tools
Required Equipment and Tools
You will need a Google Account; if you do not already have one please sign up before the conference begins Google Account Sign-up
You will need a laptop and it will need to be able to support the tools below. Your laptop will need to connect to WIFI.
We will be working with mobile devices as well, so a smartphone or a tablet will be useful. If you don't have one we can share.
We will use the following tools, please make sure that they are available and work on your laptop; some require downloads, please install them before the workshop. Please make sure that if you are using a school or work computer that the filters do not block the tools we will use (you can talk to your IT office about changing the filters if you cannot access the tools below on your computer).
If you attended the Google Mapping and Language workshop in March, consider this workshop as an opportunity to expand your skills and apply all of the Google mapping tools into a map of your own. If this will be your first Google Mapping and Language workshop, all of the topics will be reviewed and hands-on application will be self-paced for maximum engagement. Because the workshop will span five full days, there will also be more time for one-on-one instruction.
This five-day workshop will use free Google geospatial technologies as a digital platform for indigenous mapping. These tools include geospatial technologies (Google Earth Pro, Google My Maps, Tour Builder, Fusion Tables) as well as data collection tools (Kobo Collect). These can help you illustrate the close relationship between your communities and their land, enabling you to tell your own stories, in your own languages, from your own perspective. Increasingly, Indigenous peoples around the world have utilized geospatial technologies to defend and claim ancestral lands, manage natural resources, plan economic development, enhance lesson plans for language and culture and promote language revitalization.
June 6-10: Google Maps and Language Workshop
June 6-10: Google Maps and Language Workshop
Instructors: Ben Colombi, Ph.D. Cynthia Annett, Ph.D
Cost: $500; student rate (with valid ID) $375
Case Studies
Case Studies
We will use a series of case studies to demonstrate the mapping and content management tools, but you will be creating your own projects during the workshop. Please come with ideas, photos, location data and other materials for map building.
Kanza Language and Landscape Project Website
Kanza Language and Landscape Tour Builder here
Ngarluma Ngurra Cultural Map
Cherokee Journey
Surui Cultural Map
More information here
Watch the video here
Download and view the map from this webpage
Surui Forest Carbon Project Watch the video here
Mapping Workshop Sessions
Mapping Workshop Sessions
Stores user data offline on computer hard drive - privacy, security
Immersive 3D experience
Create points, lines and polygons in 3D
Create flythroughs, export to video, tours
Works offline using cached imagery and saves user content offline
Search for locations using Google Maps data
Visualize your GPS tracks and share
Go back in time with historical imagery
Google Earth Pro is compatible with ArcGIS files
Tour Builder is a new way to use Google Earth for storytelling (especially good for presentations)
You can import KML or drop pins on the map, add photos, text, and video
Private, public or share with specific people
3D tours with the Google Earth plugin running in Firefox or Internet Explorer (works in 2D only in Chrome)
Create custom maps collaboratively to share online
Can embed on a website
Works on Desktop and Mobile seamlessly
User/role - private, editor, view with link only, and public
Export to KML for Google Earth
Import from Excel/Google Spreadsheet and KML
Google My Maps for Mobile Devices
Create maps on Android devices
Navigate using custom maps
Spreadsheet that is compatible with Excel, My Maps, Fusion Tables, Google Earth Pro
Works online, offline, desktop, tablet and mobile
Chat and comment in real time with collaborators on any device
Retains every version of every change in revision history
Can embed in a website
Compatible with other office suites (Microsoft Office) on Apple, Android
Link to Google Form for surveys
Create forms for data collection and deploy to mobile devices
Use offline in the field
Data can be stored online or on your private server
Responses are entered into a spreadsheet or Fusion Table
GPS coordinates are entered automatically
Photos, video and audio can be entered into database
An online Database with advanced visualization tools
Location data can be addresses, GPS coordinates, or KML
Filter and summarize across hundreds of thousands of rows
Create charts, maps, network graphs or custom layout
Embed in website or share it in Google Drive
Combine multiple tables
Make a map in minutes
Host data online - control sharing permissions for collaboration
All of the Google Tools are compatible and easily integrated to create a rich media platform for your maps
Google Drive for file storage and sharing
Google Docs, Slides, Sheets and Fusion Tables for collaboration
Google Sites for user friendly websites
Picasaweb and Google Photos for image storage
Google My Maps and Tour Builder for online mapping
Google Earth for added privacy
YouTube and Google Drive Videos for online video storage and sharing
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