Activities/Map: Difference between revisions

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The Map activity helps children to explore and create their own maps:

* Search for your school, ~~the Statue of Liberty~~, ~~or find~~ Mongolia ~~- see~~ roadmaps and satellite photos.

* Search for your school, New York City, Mongolia, anywhere in the world! See roadmaps and satellite photos.

* Write about what you see : add a description or embed a Wikipedia article

* You can take photos, video, or audio in Record and place them onto the map

* Use the XO's mesh network to collaborate, or save the map to the [[Journal]]

* Measure distance and area

* Participate in the online "OurMaps" wiki

* Advanced users add HTML and import KML (Google Earth), GeoRSS (Ushahidi), or OSM (OpenStreetMap) files

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A text marker is shared with other XOs in your network. You can edit your own or others' text markers by clicking the marker and clicking the '''Edit''' button.

== Adding ~~Media~~ ==

== Adding Photos, Video, Audio ==

To add media from your journal onto the map, click on the '''Add Media''' button.

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[[Image:InfoMarkers.jpg]]

== ~~Saving~~ Maps ==

== Add Lines and Shapes ==

You can ~~save~~ a map by clicking the '''star''' button. ~~Saved~~ maps are added to ~~the tray at~~ the bottom of the ~~activity. If you~~ click a map ~~button, the map will be returned~~ to ~~the location and zoom level as when the map was saved~~.

* Click the line button - '''/''' - to begin drawing a line.

* Place points onto the map and a line will be drawn to connect them.

* Click the line button again to complete.

[[Image:DrawnPolygons.jpg]]

Filled shapes can be drawn using the hexagon shape button.

== Bookmark Maps ==

You can bookmark a map by clicking the '''star''' button. Bookmarked maps are added to the bottom of the screen : click a bookmarked map to return to it.

[[Image:Map-SavedMap.jpg‎]]

== Measuring Distance and Area ==

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 The Map activity helps children to explore and create their own maps:
-* Search for your school, the Statue of Liberty, or find Mongolia - see roadmaps and satellite photos.
+* Search for your school, New York City, Mongolia, anywhere in the world! See roadmaps and satellite photos.
 * Write about what you see : add a description or embed a Wikipedia article
 * You can take photos, video, or audio in Record and place them onto the map
-* Use the XO's mesh network to collaborate, or save the map to the [[Journal]]
-* Measure distance and area
 * Participate in the online "OurMaps" wiki
 * Advanced users add HTML and import KML (Google Earth), GeoRSS (Ushahidi), or OSM (OpenStreetMap) files
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 A text marker is shared with other XOs in your network.  You can edit your own or others' text markers by clicking the marker and clicking the '''Edit''' button.
-== Adding Media ==
+== Adding Photos, Video, Audio ==
 To add media from your journal onto the map, click on the '''Add Media''' button.
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 [[Image:InfoMarkers.jpg]]
-== Saving Maps ==
+== Add Lines and Shapes ==
-You can save a map by clicking the '''star''' button.  Saved maps are added to the tray at the bottom of the activity.  If you click a map button, the map will be returned to the location and zoom level as when the map was saved.
+* Click the line button - '''/''' - to begin drawing a line.
+* Place points onto the map and a line will be drawn to connect them.
+* Click the line button again to complete.
+[[Image:DrawnPolygons.jpg]]
+Filled shapes can be drawn using the hexagon shape button.
+== Bookmark Maps ==
+You can bookmark a map by clicking the '''star''' button.  Bookmarked maps are added to the bottom of the screen : click a bookmarked map to return to it.
 [[Image:Map-SavedMap.jpg‎]]
 == Measuring Distance and Area ==