“Latino Murals in the US”

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Title

“Latino Murals in the US”

Creator

Arts and Culture Department of Google Earth

homepage

Homepage to "Arts and Culture Department of Google Earth" project

Description

- It’s hosted on google earth, with some links that send you to pages that talk about the pieces more in-depth.
- Can bring the user to external website links that dive further into the “Icons and Heroes”, “Arts and Entertainment”, “History and Tradition”, and “Latino Traditions Today.”
- Contains presentations that tie together Latinx artists of the past and present.
- When the user clicks through the different murals, Google Earth will move their location point to where the next destination is with very immersive visuals.
- It zooms out to travel and zooms in when it takes you to the next location. It shows you the real-life view of the mural’s location.

Requirements

- WebGL graphics acceleration
- Working internet connection
- Knowledge of how to use Google Earth

Alternatives

No (we do not think so).

Get Started

- Basic information on how to navigate the Google Earth site
- Develop a purpose to use this data for - perhaps a working hypothesis regarding their own project.

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