MapVivo is a terrific Google Maps Mashup site. You can tell the story of any journey by placing markers on the map, adding text, pictures and links to online videos to complete your story.
Here is a great educational example; it is the story of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train. Just click on the numbered tabs in the center of the screen to move to each location in the journey. http://mapvivo.com/journey/6290
If you click on the thumbnails of the pictures, they enlarge; click on the videos and they will enlarge and play.
I'm making one myself of the locations touched on in a novel students are studying. Easy and fun!
Friday, October 2, 2009
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Thank you very much for your interest in MapVivo and I really hope you'll find it useful in your classes. We're really keen on providing a great service for education related projects and we're open to cooperation.
Though you'd also find this interesting: http://edu.mapvivo.com/RoadToRevolution
If you have any ideas, comments or suggestions regarding MapVivo please just email me at tom@mapvivo.com. (I'm a cofounder of MapVivo)
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