Reflective Survey on the Google Earth Odyssey Project

After you have completed your project, please give us your opinions by taking this online survey. Ask your teacher for the password. Thank you!

http://www.quia.com/sv/184316.html

Web addresses for GPS

How GPS works & Uses of GPS

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mreece/gps/whatisgps.html (What is GPS?)

http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html (Global Positioning System Overview)

http://www.trimble.com/gps/index.html - (Tutorial site on GPS and its uses)

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps1.htm (good clear explanation of how gps receivers work with animated diagrams)

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=gps.htm&url=http://www.sustainableworld.com/y2kgps/gpseng/general_info.html (this site has links to several gps related articles)

http://people.howstuffworks.com/location-tracking3.htm (use of gps to track vehicles, such as transport trucks in big companies)

GPS & Human Surveillance

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi254t.html (site on use of GPS in the criminal justice system)

http://whiterose.samizdata.net/archives/cat_surveillance.html (RFID radio frequency identification - uses with emphasis on infringement of human rights …. Big Brother is watching!)

http://www.crossroad.to/News/surveillance.html (use of surveillance & loss of freedom - has links to many other sites)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3307471.stm (use of microchips to keep children safe)

http://www.questguard.com/GPS-Tracking-Solutions_GPS-Youth-Monitoring.html (GPS tracking of children, Alzheimer sufferers, etc.)

GPS & animal surveillance

http://www.environmental-studies.de/projects/27/leopard-1.html (tracking of leopard Houdini in South Africa - photos)

http://www.thecanopy.org/cat.htm (project Cat for tracking cougars, cheetahs etc)

http://www.awf.org/content/headline/detail/1257/(elephant tracking in Kenya - photos)

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/radiotrk/globpos.htm (article giving advantages and disadvantages of gps tracking for wildlife)

http://www.ceatech.ca/success7.php (Wildlife Tracking System)

http://www.wildcru.org/research/es/lions.htm (Tracking lions in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe)

http://www.billfoundation.org/news/doggie_gps.html (GPS collars for locating lost pets)

GPS & the environment

http://www.travelbygps.com/coordinates.php (gps tracking of weather, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami etc)

GPS & Business/Industry

http://www.gis.com/showcase/index.html (Links to using GIS in business, government, science, etc.)

http://www.geotimes.org/nov03/feature_agric.html (Precision Farming using GIS technology)