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Ms. Lardas/Mrs. Despines/Mrs. Rentschler May 2013
Google Earth Ancient Rome 3D Please beware that Google Earth Ancient Rome 3D will take a while to load and navigate through on our school computers. Your home computer may have a better video card and more memory, making this program easier to navigate. Getting started:
1. Go to the Finder icon on the dock (right side of your screen). 2. Type in Google Earth. 3. Click on Google Earth icon. 4. Once Google Earth loads, on left side bar, look at the LAYERS options. 5. See screen shot. Click on these options.
6. In the FLY TO box, type FORUM ROMANUM and Google Earth will proceed to zoom in on that
area of the globe.
7. From this point, you can explore around or type in the name of your structure in the FLY TO box.
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8. With many of the buildings, just click on it and the following box comes up. Click the MODEL tab for additional information about the building.
Helpful Google Earth Tips
http://www.google.com/earth/explore/showcase/3dbuildings.html
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/UserGuide.html
Here’s another helpful web site about Roman Buildings:
www.penelope.uchicago.edu