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)