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Freeware - Education Geography Software

World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.
Note: .NET & DirectX required & a broadband Internet connection. Also, read the recommended system specs as this program may not run well on older systems.

Google Earth, a 3D interface to the planet powered by Keyhole - Explore, Search and Discover, Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. With Google Earth you can fly from space to your neighborhood--just type in an address and zoom right in, search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions, tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings, save and share your searches and favorites and even add your own annotations.
NOTE: Google Earth is a broadband, 3D application that not all computers can run. Windows-based desktop PCs older than four years and Windows-based notebooks older than two years may not be able to run it.

Seterra is a challenging, multi-lingual, geography program with 70 different exercises, a colorful and addictive way to learn geography. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world. Examples of exercises: countries in Europe; American states; American state capitals; French cities; cities in Mexico; countries in Asia, and more. Seterra runs in English, German, French, Spanish or Swedish. Each exercise has a high score list to keep track of your progress.

This software includes colorful map puzzles for the US states. The puzzle pieces consist of state and star icons, which are dragged and rotated by the user to their correct position on the map. The timed game format holds interest and makes learning USA geography fun. Several different levels of difficulty make the software useful to almost any age group. Easy and colorful user interface.

This program is an interactive software program that teaches students country names, capitals, area and population using space images and math for students in the third through eighth grades. The software provides insight into 5 subject areas; geography, math, metrics, compass positions and estimation.

Exploring North and South America implements multi-disciplinary teaching approaches using NASA technologies to enhance existing curriculum. Exploring North & South America uses images from NASA and NOAA AVHRR satellite to explore the continents with pictures and math. The simple instructions (switches and buttons) guide students through three sections; Exploring N & S America, Naming the Countries and Early Explorers. The satellite images offer a unique way to capture students interest in a very basic subject matter . Our goal is to provide children the opportunity to learn about our Earth through observations and to be shown the benefits of space exploration.

Exploring the Earth implements multi-disciplinary teaching approaches using NASA technologies to enhance existing curriculum. This module is a vocabulary and geography lesson from space using images from Landsat and other NASA and NOAA probes. It also uses simple instructions (switches and buttons) to guide students through land, sea and air features visible from space. The information presented is very basic, but it is made interesting by actual photographs of surface images and by trivia questions on each subject. Our goal is to provide children the opportunity to learn about our Earth through observations and to be shown the benefits of space exploration. Audience: Grades 3 - 8.

Exploring the States implements multi-disciplinary teaching approaches using NASA technologies to enhance existing curriculum. Exploring the States uses images from NASA Landsat satellites and AVHRR to explore all 50 states with pictures and math. . The simple instructions (switches and buttons) guide students through three sections; Exploring the States, Naming the States and Traveling the States. The satellite images offer a unique way to capture students interest in a very basic subject matter . Our goal is to provide children the opportunity to learn about our Earth through observations and to be shown the benefits of space exploration. Audience: Grades 3 - 8.

Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 48 contiguous states of the USA? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. United States Geography Tutor presents a scrolling map of the U.S. along with a list of states. As your mouse pointer passes over the map, the state under the pointer highlights, along with its entry in the list. Simply browse the map until you feel ready, then try either of the two self-test modes. In Find States mode, you are asked to click a state on the map given its name. In Identify States mode, you are asked to click the name in the list corresponding to the state that is highlighted on the map. Both quizzes run through the entire list of 48 states in random order. A running score is displayed. Any errors are highlighted in the state list for later review.

Freeware section of Take a trip Around the World geography games! Package of fast paced, colorful and challenging world geography quiz games. Includes point and shoot arcade style games for countries, capitals, major exports and geographical features of the world. The software makes learning fun; geography scores have been demonstrated to improve rapidly. Bon Voyage!

Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 50 or so countries of modern Africa? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. African Geography Tutor presents a scrolling map of Africa along with a list of countries. As your mouse pointer passes over the map, the country under the pointer highlights, along with its entry in the list. Simply browse the map until you feel ready, then try either of the two self-test modes. In Find Countries mode, you are asked to click a country on the map given its name. In Identify Countries mode, you are asked to click the name in the list corresponding to the country that is highlighted on the map. Both quizzes run through the entire list of 49 countries in random order. A running score is displayed. Any errors are highlighted in the country list for later review.

Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 40 or so countries of the new Europe? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. A study mode and two quiz modes make the learning easy.

Vectis is an interactive journey round the Isle of Wight. Vectis is divided into a series of 'pages' each centred on an Island town. At each location there are clickable 'hotspots' which lead to photos, timelines and activities linked to that location. At any point in Vectis you can save your position; have a go at quizzes based on Island history, towns and beaches or access Island Websites from within the program.

GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers tell you where you are anywhere on the planet! The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a collection of 24 earth-orbiting satellites and these satellites allow any person who owns a GPS receiver to determine his or her precise longitude, latitude and altitude anywhere on the planet. That is such an amazing capability!. For as little as $100 you can know exactly where you are and where you have been. For anyone who has ever been lost while hiking in the woods, or lost in the middle of the ocean, or lost while driving in a unfamiliar city, or lost while flying a small airplane at night, a GPS receiver is a miracle. With a GPS, you are never lost. In this edition of How Stuff Works we will discuss both what a GPS receiver can do and how it works so that you can learn more about these amazing devices.