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Galleries of Map

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  • Google Maps Gallery - Google Maps with Data
  • Google Night Walk - Explore great cities at night
  • Google Street Art - Street Art mapped and archived
  • Instant Street View
  • Street View Collection - Google Maps
  • Behind the Scenes with Google Maps Street View
  • Report a Problem - A collection of art based on Google Street View glitches
  • World Wonders - Google Cultural Institute
  • Google Art Project - Art, Galleries & Museums in Street View
  • Yad Vashem - remembering the Holocaust
  • Dead Sea Scrolls - digitizing biblical manuscripts
  • Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory - presenting Nelson Mandela's legacy online
  • Inside Abbey Road - Go inside the Abbey Road Studios to a interactive tour of the legendary facility and history.
  • Underwater Streetview for World Ocean's Day 2015
  • Great Barrier Reefs on Streetview
  • and… Google Street View Treks
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fun and games with maps

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  • SmartyPins - Trivia in Google Maps
  • GeoGuessr - Let's Explore the World!
  • The Secret Door - Drop into new places in Street View!
  • Teleporter - Instant teleportation to random places around the world.
  • Build with Chrome - Google Maps with Legos!
  • QuizUp - Google Maps Challenges for your Android and iPhone
  • API Demos - More than a Map
  • Travel by Drone - A map/videos viewed by drones by area
  • Pegman Live - All the artistic versions of the beloved Pegman

Need Help with Maps?

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  • Google Maps Help Center
  • Mobile Maps Help
  • Map Maker Help Center
  • Maps Engine Help Center
  • Google Maps on YouTube

map tools and educational content

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  • Map Maker - Build and edit Google Maps
  • Tour Builder - Put Your Story on the Map
    Not for Chromebooks :-(

  • Build with Chrome - Google Maps with Legos!
  • Indoor Maps - Map your school or other building for others to explore
  • Go Back in Time with Google Streetview (no Delorian required!)
  • Google Crisis Map
  • World Under Water - Visualize the impact of the rising seas
  • Download a .xlsx or .csv spreadsheet to map of recent earthquakes
  • Google Sightmap - a heat map showing the most-photographed locations in the world
  • Create side-by-side comparisons of mapping representations and data with GeTeach.
  • My Reading Mapped (Blog)
  • 12 Literary Trips in one Map
  • Turn Back the Clock on maps to World War 1 imagery in Britain.
  • TRY:  Google [“book title” google map]
    Into the Wild Google map
    or
    Travels with Charley Google map

  • Explore a story map of the recent Paris attacks
  • More amazing mapping resources...

virtual reality with maps

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  • Go virtual with Cardboard
  • Take your students on virtual tours with
    the Expeditions Pioneer Program.

  • Check out Wizard Academy on Google Cardboard (New!)

need help with google earth?

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  • Google Earth User Guide - This document describes everything that you can do in Google Earth.
  • FAQs: View a list answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about Google Earth.
  • Google Earth Help Center: Use the Help Center at any time to find additional information.
  • Troubleshooting: View information that specifically pertains to troubleshooting issues with Google Earth.
  • Google Earth Community: Learn from other Google Earth users by asking questions and sharing answers on the Google Earth Community forums.
  • Lat/Long Blog: This blog shares news and notes about Google Earth and Maps.
  • Sightseer Newsletter: Sign up for Google Earth's monthly newsletter and receive the latest Google Earth news and highlights, including tips, user stories and placemark links
  • Follow Your World: Sign up to receive imagery updates for places you care about.

google earth tools and educational content

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  • Google Earth Gallery - Collections of magnificent maps.
  • Google Earth Engine - See some truly amazing data representations in Google Earth.
  • Google Earth Tour Builder - (article & video instruction) A new way to show people the places you've visited and the experiences you had along the way using Google Earth.
  • Google Earth Voyager layer - A release for Google Earth’s 10th Birthday.
  • See the Heroes of Google Earth and how they are using it to change the world.
  • One World, Many Stories - Choose a story and begin your journey.
  • Google Earth Outreach - gives nonprofits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause.

fun with google earth

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  • Fly anywhere with the Flight Simulator
  • Explore the Sky, the Moon and Mars
  • Visualize the impacts of Climate Change


  1. Go Interstellar in your classroom (with lessons).
  2. Go to any location worldwide, play with the layers and tours.
    1. Check out these tours
  3. Go to space (the moon, sun, or mars)
  4. Use the flight simulator