A little late!

Well I know this post is a little late but after class on Thursday I thought of a fantastic personal use for Google maps and I thought I'd share my experience.  My friends called me Wednesday afternoon and told me we were going to the mountains which means going on a kayak fishing trip.  I figured that on Saturday afternoon while floating down the river I would drop pins on all of the spots we caught fish at on that day using Google maps on my I phone so that we could fish those same spots hard the following day. 

Sunday arrives and I am excited to see if my plan would work.  I started by placing myself on the first pin starting the day at the boat launch.  As we floated down river I was able to see exactly where we were and how far in feet it was to the next fishing spot.  While our success this afternoon was not as good as on Saturday I thought it was still a neat way to use Google maps for myself. 

I also used it on Friday when I placed a game camera in the woods, dropped a pin, and now I will not forget what area it is in when I go to look at it later this week.  Overall becoming more proficient in Google Maps last week as come in handy as I realized all the cool things that I can do with it myself. 

I am excited for this school year knowing this information because we are doing earth science and it will be very neat for my students to go on virtual field trips of volcanoes and see where fault lines are across the planet.