Photographs for geography
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What about GOOGLE?
Where can I find high quality
images for Geography?
Well what about Google!
Think at least 640 pixels wide and 80+ Kb in size.Most images sourced through Google do not meet this criteria but the ones on GEOGRAPH do
Google image search for London – see previous page.
Think about the size of the image you
display on your IWB
Think about copyright when
using Google Images – most images are not copyright free!
640 X 413 72dpi 86.7kb http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/929178
Geograph is a photography project that aims to provide coverage for every square kilometre in the UK.
Some Km squares have lots of images. Contributors share their images under the Creative Commons Licence . This
means that you will not break copyright if you use them in the classroom.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/655271
Both amateur and professional photographers share their images on photo-sharing websites such as
Picasa and Flickr.• Search under Creative Commons to ensure
that the photographer has given permission for you to use their images for educational purposes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ledgard/sets/
http://picasaweb.google.com/Wendyn57
by PierThis photo is selected for Google Earth [?] - ID: 305643
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/305643
Many of the images that you find linked to Google Earth & Google Maps are hosted on the
Panoramio website
A number of websites that use photographs taken by professional
photographers make it relatively easy for you to download images.
• Please remember that copyright applies to these images.
Sahara - Chefchaouen, Morocco
http://palinstravels.co.uk/
http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/sailboats-durrance.html
Sailboats, Turag River, Bangladesh Photograph by Dick Durrance II
http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/
Fires in Greece
Posted August 25, 2009
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/default.stm
The Geographical Association has freely available images that can be used with teaching activities written to support the launch of the Manifesto for Geography.
http://www.geography.org.uk/aboutus/adifferentview
Where does my garden go?
Chris Durbin’s tips for using photographs and artefacts
• Treat photographs of people sensitively• Give an all-round picture of the place, country
or people you are presenting to pupils• Ensure like is compared to like if asking
children to make comparisonsOne final thought!