Sustainability and Social Justice

Application of Virtual Globes in Education

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The advent of virtual globes and online mapping has generated interest in spatial representations of data among many non-geographic communities, including educators and researchers who have very little to no expertise in geospatial technologies. In this article, we give a state-of-the-art survey of existing virtual globes and review the existing teaching applications related to them. We focus on the four most popular virtual globes (Google Earth; NASA World Wind; Microsoft Virtual Earth Earth; and Skyline Globe), illustrating their various applications and comparing their capabilities, with a particular emphasis on educational aspects. We also explain the distinction between the virtual globes and various online mapping applications, such as Google Maps mash-ups. © 2008 The Authors Journal Compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Publication Title

Geography Compass

Publication Date

11-1-2008

Volume

2

Issue

6

First Page

1995

Last Page

2010

ISSN

1749-8198

DOI

10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00165.x

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