World Tour Step #8 - Virtual Tour Creation

Welcome to Step #8 of the World Tour...During this step you will be creating a “Virtual Tour” of you advertised vacation using Google Maps!  This is a rather neat way to highlight individual places for your potential customers, plus it will give them an idea of the general geographical location of their adventure! Follow the steps below in order to complete this section of the World Tour project...have fun with this step!

CLICK HERE for Google Map Tutorial (starring Mrs. Melius)
Note: the directions for “starting a new map” have changed slightly from the Tutorial above…Drop Down Menu - then choose “Saved”…then click “Maps”…then select “Create Map” on bottom of page!

Your Google Map/Virtual Tour Must Include...
1) a clear image within your “Placemarked” location
2) a brief description of each location (at least 10 to 15 word COMPLETE sentence)
3) Places that MUST be "Placemarked" within your World City...Airport, Hotel, & your MAJOR destinations/attractions you visit during your city exploration.
4) So Basically 12 (or more) featured “Placemarks” within your original Google Map

Virtual Tour Basic Creation Directions:

1) Open your student GMail Account
2) Open Google Maps from the Upper Right Hand Corner Google Menu (Rubric Cube Menu)
3) Click "Your Places" from the Upper Left Hand Menu
4) Click the "Maps" Button within the "Your Places" Menu
5) Once in "Maps"...click CREATE MAP (Option is at bottom in Blue Font)
6) New Screen with North America Map will appear...type in your City & Country!
7) Give Map a Title "World Tour ______ (city name)" and add Group Member Names in Description (click Save)
8) Rename map "Layer" to VIRTUAL TOUR...all your personal placemarks will be created within this layer!
9) Now Create Placemarks throughout you city of your landmarks, attractions, hotel, restaurants, etc...using the "add Marker" button
10) Need to Create 12 Placemarks that include a clear picture and description...there are a TON of different way to customize this, so feel free to have run with all of the Google Map tools
11) When you are finished please hit the "Share" button...please change your Map settings from PRIVATE to ON - Public On Web
12) Copy the "link to share" web address from this page and hyperlink it to your Virtual Tour Page within you World Tour Website