Google Earth Resources

The following Google Earth visualisations are available for each NEED partner region. Download Google Earth here.

Finland

• Koli National Park GIS Data – Download Koli.kmz
• Koli National Park GIS-based Learning Module
• Leivonmäki National Park GIS Data- Download Leivonmaeki.kmz
• Leivonmäki National Park GIS-based Learning Module

Google Earth learning resources are also available in Finnish on the University of Eastern Finland website. Click here to read more and to download resources in Finnish.

Ireland

Google Earth User Guide

If you are new to Google Earth you can download an easy-to-use User Guide .

Learning Activity: Minerals & Bedrock

• Google Earth Map – Download Burren Minerals and Bedrock
• Teachers Handbook – Download Minerals & Bedrock GIS Teachers Handbook

Geology Map – The Burren

• Burren Geology Map – Download Burren Geology Map – Google Earth (KMZ)
• Burren Geology Map (Detail) – Download Bedrock Map (Detail)

Geology Cross Section – The Burren, Ireland

• Burren Geology Cross Section- Download Bedrock Cross Section
• [Use Google Earth to TIME SLIDER control to 'pop-up' cross section]

Soils and Terrain – The Burren, Ireland

Teachers Information and Student Worksheets:

• Download Soils, Geology & Terrain of the Burren – Teachers Handbook
• Download Soils, Geology & Terrain of the Burren – Student Handbook

Google Earth Files:

• Burren Soil Map – Download Burren Soil Map – Google Earth (KMZ)
• Burren Topography Map – Download Burren Topography Map – Google Earth (KMZ)

Bedrock Map – Ireland

• Ireland Geology Map (1:1,000,000 Scale) – Download Map

Photo Tour – Burren National Park, Ireland

• Burren National Park Photos – Download Burren National Park – Photos

Photo Tour – The Burren, Ireland

• Burren Photo Tour – Download Burren Photo Tour

Burren Movies in Google Earth

This KML map allows you to view YouTube movies of the Burren landscape within the Google Earth viewer.

• Burren Movies – Download Map

Learn about the Equator & the Tropics in Google Earth

• The rocks of the Burren were formed when Ireland lay about 10º South of the Equator (this was over 300 million years ago!

  

• Use Google Earth to learn about the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn – Download Activity Sheet PDF

Iceland

• Digital Elevation Model Coverage – Download DEM – Iceland
• Glaciers – Download Glaciers Iceland
• Mean July Temperature – Download Mean July Temperature
• Mean January Temperature – Download Map
• Weather Stations – Download Map
• Vatnajoekull National Park-  Download Map
• Protected Areas (2008) – Download Map
• Glaciers – Download Map
• Rivers of Iceland – Download Map
• Springs (Hot, Mineral, Cold etc) – Download Map
• Follow this www.need.is link for more Google Earth maps of Iceland

Norway

Bedrock Map – Storjord, Norway (Google Earth)

• Junkerdal Bedrock Geology Map – Download Map
• The Making of Storjord (Google Earth) – Download Map
• The Making of Storjord MOVIE – See the Movie