Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology 4e

FIGURE 8.12 Digital elevation models for an area drawn with different vertical exaggerations (VE).
(a) No VE.
(b) VE 5 53.
(c) VE 5 103.
(d) VE 5 203.
GEOTOURS EXERCISE 8
Locating Places on Google Earth’s Virtual Globe
Name:
Course:
Section:
Date:
Exploring Geology Using Google Earth
1. Visit digital.wwnorton.com/geolabmanual4
2. Go to the Geotours tile to download Google Earth Pro and the accompanying
Geotours exercises file.
Expand the Geotour08 folder in Google Earth by clicking the triangle to the left of the folder icon. Toggle a global location
grid on by using the View > Grid menu. To change the type of grid shown, on a Mac go to Google Earth Pro > Preferences
> 3D View or on a PC go to Tools > Options > 3D View and then select Decimal Degrees (DD), Degrees, Minutes,
Seconds (DMS), or Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM).
(a) Set Google Earth to display the DMS grid, and then check and double-click the Galapagos Islands placemark to fly
to the Equator. Click on the Ruler tool icon and use the Path tab, and measure the distance (km) for 1° longitude
and 1° latitude at this location.
km (latitude)
km (longitude)
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8.4 VERTICAL EXAGGERATION: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
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