1. Free Google Tools
For Community Groups

2. Google Maps
● Provides directions, interactive maps, and
satellite/aerial imagery of many countries.
● The most advanced consumer mapping
site available today, integrated search,
directions, places of interest,
photographs, streetview, and 3D views
including 3D buildings and landscapes.
● Mobile version provides spoken
navigation, traffic, shortest route,
roadworks etc.
google.com/maps 2

3. MyMaps
● You can create custom maps
collaboratively to share online with
Google My Maps - can be nicely
embedded within a website.
● Works on Desktop and Mobile
seamlessly, with user/role based privacy -
Private, editor's, view with link only, and
public.
● Export to KML for Google Earth 3D
● Import from Excel and KML
● Tutorial
http://www.google.co.nz/earth/outreach/tu
torials/mapseng_lite.html
3google.com/mymaps

4. Google Earth
● Explore Google’s rich geographical
content
● Create your own Point, Line and
Polygons in 3D
● Create flythroughs, export to video, share
tours with others.
● Works offline using Cached imagery.
● Search for locations using Google Maps
data
● Visualize your GPS tracks and share with
others
● Go back in time with historical imagery
● Tutorials:
https://www.google.com/earth/learn/
4google.com/earth

5. Earth Engine
● Google Earth Engine brings together the
world's satellite imagery — trillions of
scientific measurements dating back over
40 years
● Makes it available online with tools for
scientists, independent researchers, and
nations to mine this massive warehouse
of data to detect changes, map trends
and quantify differences on the Earth's
surface.
● Applications include: detecting
deforestation, classifying land cover,
estimating forest biomass and carbon,
and mapping the world’s roadless areas.
5earthengine.google.org

6. TourBuilder 6tourbuilder.withgoogle.com
● TourBuilder helps you craft and share a story
including text, maps, photos and videos.
● Tour Builder is a new way to show people the
places you've visited and the experiences you
had along the way using Google Earth. It lets
you pick the locations right on the map, add in
photos, text, and video, and then share your
creation.
● With the Google Earth plugin running in Firefox
or Internet Explorer, it is possible to develop and
share a 3D tour.
● Works in 2D only in Chrome
● https://www.google.com/earth/outreach/tutorials/t
ourbuilder.html

7. MapMaker 7google.com/mapmaker
● Add and update map information for millions of
users to see in Google Maps and Google Earth
with Map Maker.
● You can add and edit many different things on
the map, including:
● Places, like businesses, addresses, and other
locations
o Roads, railways, and paths
o Natural features, like beaches
o Political features, like your city limits or
nearby locality
o Building outlines for towers, and
monuments

8. MyTracks
● My Tracks lets you record your path,
speed, distance, and elevation.
● View live GPS capture data.
● Annotate your path with text and photos
while you record.
● Photographs include direction and
bearing placement.
● Export your tracks to Google Drive,
Google Spreadsheets, or external
storage.
● Works Offline
● Track Example
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks

9. PhotoSpheres
● 3D PhotoSpheres, up down, all around,
just like Street View
● Can be made public, or kept private or
even just offline storage.
● The photo sphere camera mode on your
Android phone makes it easy to capture a
series of photos and automatically turn
them into a seamless 360º experience.
● You can also turn your DSLR camera
panoramas into photo spheres.
● Add your photo spheres to Google Maps
so people can see your favorite places
from around the world or around the
block.
9google.com/maps/views

10. StorySpheres
● Story Spheres is a way to add stories to
panoramic photographs.
● First upload a PhotoSphere, a 360-degree
photo you can take on your phone.
● Then add dialogue, sound effects and
even a music track.
● Whoever opens the scene will get a
panoramic photo with sound and stories
baked in. Better still, on a phone the
photo wraps right around the viewer … so
now you can tell stories that truly revolve
around your audience
● Example
10storyspheres.com

11. Fusion Tables
● Visualize massive table data online
● Filter and summarize across hundreds of
thousands of rows.
● Then try a chart, map, network graph, or
custom layout and embed or share it.
● All your data organization is automatically
saved and stored in Google Drive.
● Two tables are better than one! Combine
with other data on the web
● Make a map in minutes
● Host data online - and stay in control
11tables.googlelabs.com

12. ● TimeLapse uses 40 years of
landsat imagery to create an animation of
landscape change.
● Deforestation, urban sprawl, glacial
retreat, landuse change, erosion and
environmental change.
TimeLapse 12http://world.time.com/timelapse2

13. Picasa
● One of the best image managers
available including location, editing,
synchronisation, and adding descriptions
to photos.
● Locate and plot photos on a map.
● Puts a GPS XY into the photo itself.
● Manage your photos in albums, upload
and host by Google Photos.
● Private, Shared with friends or Public.
● Task: Make a small group of photos and
plot them on the map.
● Dowload: https://picasa.google.com/
13picasa.google.com

14. Photos
● Find your photos and videos faster -
editing and sharing them just got a lot
easier too.
● All your photos and videos from all your
devices. Have your photos and videos
automatically backed up from your phone,
laptop,
● Find photos by what's in them like an
animal's name, or by a place.
● Add movement - Upload a sequence of
five or more photos and get a fun,
animated GIF.
14photos.google.com

15. Google Sites 15
● Single-click page creation.
● No HTML required.
● Make it your own
● Get started with templates
● Upload files and attachments
● Embed rich content
● Work together and share with page based
permissions
● Integrate your site content into google
search results.
● Control who can view and edit
google.com/sites

16. Google Drive
● Drive is the foundation and central
repository for all of your files.
● Google Drive is an online hard drive that
integrates all of your google files from
almost all of the other google applications.
● With Google Drive, you can now access
your files, from wherever you are. Share
them with whomever you want, and edit
them together in real time.
● Provides 15gb free storage plus storage
from all of your other google services. $10
per month for a terabyte of secured data.
16drive.google.com

17. Forms
● Easy to build online forms
● Build them collaboratively
● Easy to see graphs and summary
statistics on results
● Customise templates and designs
● Wide variety of options including Text,
Multiple Choice, Grid based valuation,
and other standard survey options
● Embeddable in websites
● Results are collated in an online sheet.
● Link to site:
https://www.google.co.nz/forms/about/
17forms.google.com

18. Hangouts
● Messaging, video calls and voice calls
from any device with Google Hangouts
● Reliable video conferencing for up to 9
people, with additional viewers.
● Can be recorded and provided as a live
feed via Youtube.com
● Group chat using text with a group of your
colleagues.
● Works from Gmail and also as a stand
alone desktop app
● https://plus.google.com/hangouts
18plus.google.com/hangouts

19. Google Groups
● Easy to manage and maintain email or
web discussion groups
● Can be used as a web Q & A forum, an
email list, or a digest based email list.
● Private or public forum
● Participants can manage their own
subscription, and notification frequency
options.
19groups.google.com

20. Panoramio
● Panoramio is a community-powered site for
exploring places through photography: cities,
natural wonders, or anywhere you might go.
● Panoramio is different from other photo sharing
sites because the photos illustrate places.
● Every Panoramio photo is a candidate for
transfer to the Google Earth Panoramio layer.
You'll notice a line under each photo, telling you
whether it's been reviewed or selected for
Google Earth.
● Panoramio images can get significant views via
Google Map searches and Google Earth
20panoramio.com

21. Docs, Slides and
Sheets
● Create and edit documents, spreadsheets
and slide presentations online for free,
collaboratively.
● Works online, offline, desktop, tablet and
mobile.
● Chat and comment in real time with
friends on any other device, anywhere
else.
● No need to ever press Save again. Never
lose a file again, retain every version of
every change from start to finish.
● Compatible with other office suites, Apple,
Android, Windows and Linux.
21google.com/docs

22. Maps MyMaps Google Earth Earth Engine TourBuilder PhotoSphere StorySphere
Fusion Tables TimeLapse Picasa Photos Google Sites Drive Forms
Hangouts Panoramio
Docs, Sheets,
& Slides MapMaker MyTracks
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