Hello Reader,
In today’s post I will be discussing my experience using
Google MyMaps. I have never used this program (or any other mapping tools or
softwares), but it seemed relatively straightforward. It was easy to search for
the general locations of areas you might want to map, and then you can put pins
on specific places or important features. It was then also easy to label these
pins and add pictures straight from Google Images.
For my particular map, which I wanted to depict the Chattahoochee
River (since it is my area of study this semester), it was a bit of a tedious
process because the only way I could figure out how to highlight the river in its
entirety was to use the line drawing tool and trace the river by hand. Because
of this, it is not perfect and there is a lot of line segments since the river
is obviously not just a straight line, but I think the map serves its purpose.
In addition to outlining the river, I put pins on many of
the significant bodies of water it feeds into, because I will likely be researching
these habitats as well. Since the river is pretty big, I will likely add other
landmarks and features that impact it once I further my research and learn
about there importance. I will probably also add more about the different bodies
of water I have already pinned. As of now, I just have their names and a picture
I pulled from Google.
To summarize, I think Google MyMaps is a useful tool, and I
am glad to have been made aware of it. I would love to play around more with it
in the future, as well as add more to my own map once I have more information.
Thanks!
Fran
Here is a link to my map as well as a screenshot:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1tnEUwKUkqe94fSrekYaRp0iHd70828oS&usp=sharing
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