GAFE

I got Google Maps and Google Earth.

Maps is an app that helps you move around town and find places. It helps you get around and get directions. 

But Earth is a tool that lets you explore the entire planet with super accurate 3D views. You can see anywhere and how things are. 

Google maps is very simple. You just put the adress that you want to go to (or the place ie. coffee shop or mall) and then chose your way of transport, be it public means, by foot or car, It also lets you know the traffic in the route and the time estimated. You can add multiple destinations and it lets you know the exact directions. There's a little person beside the zoom bar that you can click and drag to the map on the little purple squares, and this gives you the street view of that place. Pretty straightforward.

But google earth is a bit more complicated. You can see a 3D view of the planet, and you can spin is around and zoom in as you please. If you want you can also search any place you want, from your house to the school to the pyramids in egypt. It's almost like you're really there! You can even go close to the ground and see everything from and angle and it looks super realistic.A hidden feature that I found was that you can enter "airplane mode" where you can fly around in a plane. It's basically and airplane simulator.

Another cool thing is that you can check out the moon. You can visit the landing sites for all the space craft and take a 3D tour of the modules. Very cool. And you can do the same thing on mars. 

You can record tours, with your voice. This can be quite useful when trying to demonstrate where you went on your vacation.

We can use this tool in school to make projects. A great example would be a project  for our summer vacation and we can do a virtual tour of all the places you went to. But apart from that I don't see much else.