I've been looking for a way to generate circles in Google Earth. For example I've been looking for a way to easily share with students some common distances and represent them on the map. Today I found the KML Circle Generator. It is a web tool that allows you to enter latitude and longitude coordinates and designate a radius distance and create a KML file that you can download and display in Google Earth. In my example the two circles are centered on the school the yellow line represents a distance a half mile from the school and the orange circle represents a distance of a mile from the school. The yellow place-marks represent where students live. Displaying information in this way could lead to some interesting discussions and problem solving. For example, if all the students who lived within a half mile of the school walked or rode their bikes to school a certain number of days a week how much gas could be saved...
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