“Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful.”
– Hazrat Inayat Khan
Geography Case Studies with Google Earth
Getting the ‘death by powerpoint’ feeling? Create a detailed sense of place with your case study by taking a virtual tour using Google Earth.
This page was created in the hope that Geography teachers can have access to a plethora of tours, ready to use when teaching case studies.
Please consider helping this resource grow by clicking the ‘Contact & Contribute’ button and sharing a Google Earth tour of your own.
“Oven Ready” Case Studies
Clicking on each of the links below will take you to the case study in Google Earth. You don’t need to have a Google account to view, but you will need to sign into an account to be able to edit, copy & share your own version.
When the case study has loaded, click on the three dots (‘more actions’) and then either ‘copy project‘ or ‘export as KML file.’
Want all of them? No problem! – Click here to get access to a folder of downloadable KML files.
Keep checking this list as more will be added:
- What will Life be Like in 2050?
- Thanks to Adam Corbridge (@MrCorbridgeGeog)
- 12 Rivers / 12 Deltas – 12 Major Deltas and their Locations
- Andros Island – Barrier Reef Case Study
- Thanks to Alasdair Monteith (al_monteith)
- Bangladesh – Causes of LEDC/LIC Flooding
- Belfast – Urban Transect (Virtual Fieldwork)
- Belfast – Segregation & Multiculturalism
- Belfast Titanic Quarter – Urban Redevelopment
- Thanks to Miss Beggs (@beggs_miss)
- Birmingham – Virtual Fieldtrip for GCSE
- Thanks to Jonny Rock (@jonnyrock4)
- British Isles – A Quick Tour
- Burkina Faso – Food Security
- Thanks to Nick Mahy (@MahyNick)
- Chernobyl – The Geography of the disaster
- Chungungo, Chile – Fog Harvesting (Honestly!)
- Thanks to Alistair Hamill (@lcgeography)
- Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland – Volcanic Eruption (KML file only)
- Thanks to M. Cuthbertson
- Freetown, Sierra Leone – Mud/land slide and Causes
- Thanks to Luke Tayler (@geotayler)
- Happisburgh / North Norfolk – Coastal Management
- Alistair Hamill (@lcgeography)
- Holderness Coast – From Flamborough Head to Spurn Point
- India – Rapid Development (BRICS)
- Thanks to Robert Frost
- Japan – EQ/Tsunami 2011
- Nick Mahy (@MahyNick)
- Kashmir – EQ (2005)
- Nick Mahy (@MahyNick)
- Knock River, Belfast – Hard & Soft Engineering
- Alistair Hamill (@lcgeography)
- Megacities – Today and 2030 Projections
- Thanks to Anna Pennington (@GeogAnna)
- Mexico City – Urban Landuse Zones in an LEDC/LIC
- Jonny Rock (@jonnyrock4)
- Mississippi River, USA– Management: Hard & Soft Engineering
- Portsmouth, UK – Reasons for Growth (Settlement)
- Thanks to Ross Wales (@RossWales7)
- Rio de Janeiro – Favelas / Shanty Towns / Slums
- Somerset Levels – Causes of MEDC/HIC Flooding
- River Dee – From Source to Mouth
- Thanks to Luke McHale (@mrlukemchale)
- River Tees – From Source to Mouth
- Thanks to Alice McCaughern (@TeachWithAlice)
- River Wharfe – From Source to Mouth
- Thanks to Tom Hanson (@hano_teach) & Sam Hunak (@gbrSam)
- South Devon & Dorest Coast – Coastal Management
- Thanks to Teresa Hughes
- Svalbard – A Cold Environment
- Thanks to Rachael Norris (@geo_getters84)
- Swanage – Coastal Landforms
- Alice McCaughern (@TeachWithAlice)
- Tokyo – Urban Heat Islands (Google Earth Voyager)
- Top 10: Tallest Mountains on Earth – Can you Name Them?
- Top 21: Most Visited Landmarks on Earth – Can you Name Them?
- United Kingdom – The North-South Divide (Disparity?)
- Nick Mahy (@MahyNick)
About
This mini-site has been designed with the vision of establishing a bank of Google Earth tours to assist in giving students a sense of place when they learn their case studies in Geography.
Case Studies with Google Earth 