THE USE OF GEOTECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING GEOGRAPHY: AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOOGLE EARTH TOOL FOR THE PREPARATION OF LAND USE MAPS

Abstract

The use of geotechnologies in teaching is of fundamental importance to streamline the teaching of geography. Among numerous tools, the Google Earth software is a tool that enables the three-dimensional visualization of the earth's surface through satellite images from various sources. Based on this, this research seeks to present a practical way of using this tool to produce analog maps, using images taken from Google Earth, performing a manual classification through the methodology of visual classification of images, producing two land use maps of the area the Mindu Municipal Park and the school area, both located in the city of Manaus/AM. In the classroom, when using this classification, they defined the classes: anthropic areas, vegetation, streets, and exposed soil using colored pencils, 6B pencils and brushes, the students completed the production of the maps, inserting the map elements, such as title, legend, scale, orientation and font. Taking the understanding of producing land use maps and remembering cartography classes. Thus, creating an alternative for the use of this resource in a school that does not have a physical structure for the use of geotechnologies in the teaching of Geography.