OUR WORLD IN 3D (archive of the winter 2008 classroom-based course)

Week 4, March 11th:

• KML:
• KML to Shapefile Converter: converts KML features & name attributes
• SketchUp:
• 3D World SketchUp Resources Page
• SketchUp basics:SketchUp 5 Online Help
• Using the Tape Measure Tool
• Working with Textures
• The Google Approach to creating Photo-Textured Building Models for Google Earth
• Working with Components
• Interacting with Google Earth & the 3D Warehouse
• Combining SketchUp Models with KML

Week 3, March 4th:

• KML:
• Homework Review: a look at our georeferenced images
• South Amherst USGS Topo Image Example
• Using WMS Images
• How to use WMS in Google Earth
• Amherst KML Layers: Look at MassGIS Layers
• Advanced KML: Network Links, TimeSpans, Styles & Schemas
• Trail Walk Time-Series KML Example
• Amherst Structures by Year Built Time-Series KML Example
• Using KML Network Links
• http://biology.wsc.ma.edu/3DWorld/files/SmootBridge.kml
• Using Styles with KML
• Sample KML Packed with Cool Features
• Creating KML from an Online Spreadsheet
• Combining & Refining KML content: putting together placemarks, lines, polygons, georeferenced images, etc to create a great presentation.

• SketchUp:
• Introduction to SketchUp: Modeling, Texturing & Placing a house onto the earth in 1/2 hour.
• The Google 3D Warehouse
• See What's in the 3D Warehouse when you're in Google Earth: The 3D Warehouse Network Link
• Photos of my house, which I'll use to demonstrate modeling a building in SketchUp
• Homework: Photograph a building (something simple, like your house), upload photos to PicasaWeb & be ready to model it at our final class meeting.

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Week 2:

• ArcGIS to KML Conversion
• Export to KML 2.4.4 Free ArcScript for ArcGIS Desktop (developed by the City of Portland, OR)
• Amherst ArcGIS to KML Sample Data
• Image Overlay
• UNH Library Historic USGS Maps of New England and NY Website
• South Amherst 1941 USGS Topo Map

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Week 1:

• Google's "Be a Part of the Super Tuesday Action"
• New Hampshire Presidential Primary Results in Google Maps
• Super Tuesday YouTube Site
• Smoot Bridge

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Attachment	Size
AmherstArcMapKmlSample.zip	82.38 KB
AmherstStreetAcceptanceDates.zip	205.99 KB
MongooseTimeSeries.zip	23.92 KB
Higgins_School_01.jpg	19.6 KB
MA Towns Population Density.kmz	1.6 MB
PopDensity.kml	7.44 MB
BareBonesKml.kml	487 bytes
December1stHike.kml	23.07 KB
SmootBridge.kml	3.42 KB
MikesHouse.zip	122.22 KB

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