What is a Google Map?

With Google Maps, you can search for map-based information, create your own maps and add information, such as photos, video or audio links. 

Explore a Map

Create a Map

Edit Map

Add Content

See more Google Map videos at http://maps.google.com/help/maps/tour/

My Maps - Google Maps User Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved February 26, 2009, from http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=68480

Project Ideas

Try a Google Lit Trip. This project was done with Google Earth, but could be adapted for online use with Google Maps:

http://www.googlelittrips.com/

Elliot, R. (2009). Using Google My Maps for classroom projects. TESL-EJ.

http://tesl-ej.org/ej48/m1.html

Elliot, R. (2008). Using Google Maps: a website to accompany a presentation for the 2008 TESOL Convention's Electronic Village in New York, NY. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from http://www.uoregon.edu/~robert/googlemaps/

Google Maps. (2009, February 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:49, March 1, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Google_Maps&oldid=273944013

Kane, M. (2005, February 8). Google finds its map service. CNET News. Retrieved February 25, 2009, from http://news.cnet.com/Google-finds-its-map-service/2100-1024_3-5567274.html

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