This assignment will allow you to explore the locations and siting of the objects and monuments we have studied so far this semester. By calling up three-dimensional views through mapping programs (such as Google Street View and Google Maps or Earth on your phone or computer), you will become familiar with the larger setting and geographical, topographical, and spatial details of these places. You can also analyze them and their surrounding landscape through a VR (Virtual Reality) headset (such as a viewfinder, Google Cardboard, or any of the VR options available today. In addition to getting you to walk around the places we have been studying, think of this SEP as a review of the material.
Please create a document with at least one hyperlink (you can provide more if you find it useful) to two monuments each from Chapters 1-9. This will produce a total of 18 hyperlinks. Please briefly explain your choice of views. The PDF available through this hyperlink
is a useful model for finding locations on Street View and creating a hyperlink to the location.
Go into Google Earth or Google Maps, search for these locations, use Street View to “place yourself” in the locations.
When you visit each location, find at least one view that interests you (one is the minimum requirement, but if others appeal to you, by all means, include them too!).
Explain why you have selected your view(s). Your explanation should convey why the view(s) you have selected enhances your understanding of the monument/place/site/object itself. In other words, how does seeing the Street View image of this place further your understanding of it, beyond what we discussed in class?
Here are different sets of step-by-step instructions, if you need them:
1. Instructions 1:
Using Google MAPS Street View on your PHONE and creating hyperlinks.
2. Instructions 2:
Using Google MAPS Street View on your DESKTOP and creating hyperlinks.
3. Instructions 3:
Using Google EARTH Street View on your DESKTOP and creating hyperlinks.
