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 * Wikispace Widgets: Maps** (//Google Maps//)

Casual users of //Google Maps// know about Driving Directions, Satellite View, and Street View. But, did you know that you can make, edit, collaborate and share your own maps? Cick here [[|GoogleMaps.doc]] (//Word//) for an **Introduction to Google Maps**. [|Click here] for a link to the Google Docs Presentation that was used for the introduction.

For resources on computer-based mapping, check out the info on Digital Cartography at another wikispaces site. Helpful pages are:
 * Google Maps: Video Tutorials
 * More Google Map Resources (incl. mashups)
 * Digital Map Sampler for middle/high school

Here's a custom Google Map of the Lake Shore Middle School 7th Grade Washington DC trip - May 2008. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108216969446368742960.00044ca36f9ebfb1e043d&ll=38.815848,-77.040656&spn=0.215103,0.096083&output=embed&s=AARTsJqX5sfJJqIwESvqG5BWcrZhaM9G1Q" height="420" width="510"

Here's another example of an embedded Google Map: See this map of the [|Veterans Memorials in Ozaukee County]. It's a custom made Google Map which has been inserted into a webpage using iWeb. The concept of using embedded Google Maps at wikispaces is the same thing. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108216969446368742960.000442443b83d02883856&ll=43.360694,-87.91949&spn=0.277789,0.138159&output=embed&s=AARTsJqBqQOhTg1E1-Bm7W5vzHZyYP1dcg" height="480" width="583"