Google+Earth

[|Adding photos to Google Earth video] You can add placemarks to Google Earth, and put pictures in them. The

user guide shows you how to make a placemark:

http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ug_placemarks.html

And the section on writing descriptions shows you the code to use to

add images to your placemarks:

http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ug_editing.html#writing

If you put all your placemarks in a folder, you can save that as

a .kmz folder and e-mail it your friends.

The blue dots you see are from Panoramio:

http://www.panoramio.com/

You can use that if you don't mind your photos being visible to the

world at large, you get your own kml link to your photos which you can

send to your friends so that they can see your photos in GE. Note

that personal photos of people probably won't be added to the

Panoramio layer in GE, but they will be visible on the Panoramio

website.

Another alternative is Picasa:

http://picasa.google.com/

This enables you to create your own album on the web, but you can

choose if you want it to be public or private. If you choose private,

you can still invite friends to view it by sending them the link.

Picasa also enables you geotag your photos and creates a kml file for

you to use and send to friends.

Video tutorial for Picasa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6GGDWMlGiY

kml and kmz are Google Earth file formats.

For your needs I should Picasa would be the best and easiest option.

**(MLA 7th ed.) How do I cite Google Earth?**

 * Google Earth uses aerial and satellite imagery to display Earth in a 3-D map with elevation, roads, photographs and other geographic information, as well as other contributed information.

To cite Google Earth in MLA style, there are three options:

Option #1: Cite Google Earth as a Web page

If you create content and mount it here  you can cite the result as a Web page.

Option #2: Cite Google Earth as Software

Since Google Earth is downloaded software, cite the software itself, then provide latitude, longitude and altitude in your essay (MLA 5.9.9.m).

Option #3: Cite Google Earth as a Digital file

Cite the .kmz file as digital file stored on your computer (MLA (5.17.18). ||

[|Saving places and creating tours in Google Earth.]