Who We Are and How We Got Involved in This

• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

• Encyclopedia Virginia

  • Free

  • Authoritative

  • Innovative

Encyclopedia Virginia

Mapping History

“Google Earth Outreach gives nonprofits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story in Google Earth & Maps to hundreds of millions of people.”

Geo for Good

Google Maps

Street View

Google Cars

Trekkers

Tricycles

Snowmobiles

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What to Capture?

October 2013: Poplar Forest

• Enhancing content
• Promoting EV
• Facilitating discovery
• Strengthening partnerships
• "Preserving" historical structures
• Innovating in new spaces

Adding Value to Our Work

Enhancing EV Content

Global Access to Historical Sites

Access to Cultural Heritage Sites

Partnerships and Outreach

Partnerships and Outreach

Preservation Virginia: Bacon's Castle

Partnerships and Outreach

UVA and Slavery: Limestone Farm

Preservation

   Nomini Hall, home of Robert Carter III

Preservation and Partnerships

Sherwood Forest, Fredericksburg, VA

Menokin

Disappearing Landscapes

UGC with Photospheres

Innovation

INNOVATION?

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VR Devices

VR Content

Museum of Stolen Art

The Ultimate Empathy Machine

Chris Milk: CLOUDS OVER SIDRA

The Ultimate Empathy Machine

Chris Milk: CLOUDS OVER SIDRA

EV and Virtual Reality

Immersing Yourself in History

VR in the Classroom

Annotating Virtual Reality

Annotating Virtual Reality

Pano2VR

VR in The Classroom

Google Expeditions

VR in The Classroom

Nearpod