Mapping or cartography started long ago with a person(neandrathal?) a stick and some dirt(maybe a finger if it was pre-tools). Then came cartographers on ships bumping into land masses hoping not to fall off the face of the Earth and guessing the shape of the mass creating directions for future explorers.
Jump to the age of the internet and the development of maps online starting with mapquest and yahoo maps and eventually google maps and google earth (though mapquest started making satellite images online prior to google earth and eventually gave this up, they were ahead of their time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapquest). Maps and directions are a common tool on the internet. Users can find directions by going to a website, but have not been able to create a map with directions, locations and notes that they can easily add to a website until now. Wayfaring.com is one sight that users can create maps and widgets to add to their websites or blogs. It may not be google earth, or the fanciest application, but it certainly is the simplest and most user friendly free service that I've seen.
Education ideas
Because Wayfaring is so simple to use students from elementary on up can create maps, share them and collaborate on them with Wayfaring.
Some ideas:
California missions (4th grade)
School communities (K-3rd grade)
State Maps (5th grade)
World Maps (6th grade)
Any report that requires a map.
Some ideas:
California missions (4th grade)
School communities (K-3rd grade)
State Maps (5th grade)
World Maps (6th grade)
Any report that requires a map.
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