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    The Virtual Traveller
    The Virtual Traveller
    The Virtual Traveller
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    The Virtual Traveller

    By Tony Whittingham

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    This book will enable you to become a virtual traveller using your tablet, smartphone or computer. You will learn how to find and explore interesting, mysterious and hidden destinations and flyover and into these locations and simulate real travel using a range of software applications (Apps) and real life scenarios.
    Virtual travel is having the experience of traveling to a destination without physically traveling and can be used as an alternative to or an adjunct to actual travel. Virtual travel may be preferred to actual travel for reasons that include cost, risk, health, time, convenience and mobility. Virtual travel is being enabled by increasingly powerful smartphones and tablets, faster network speeds and greater bandwidth combined with the integration of the World Wide Web’s information, map, photo and video resources.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTony Whittingham
    Release dateFeb 16, 2013
    ISBN9781301953080
    The Virtual Traveller
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    Tony Whittingham

    Tony is an educational technology consultant. Prior to his ‘retirement’ Tony was NSW TAFE’s Director of Technology and Arts and Media Educational Services. He was the founding CEO for the Federal Government’s Co-operative Multimedia Centre and the Manager of the State Government’s Water Conservation Commission’s Photogrammetry Division. He has taught at college and university levels for more than 30 years and received national awards from the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD), in addition to the Computer World Fellows award for ’Outstanding Contributions To Computing In Australia’.

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      The Virtual Traveller - Tony Whittingham

      The

      Virtual

      Traveller

      By Tony Whittingham

      Copyright 2013 by Tony Whittingham

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      CONTENTS

      WHAT IS VIRTUAL TRAVEL

      MAPS FOR VIRTUAL TRAVEL

      VIRTUAL TRAVEL INFORMATION SOURCES

      Curators’ Pin Boards

      Wikipedia

      Other Travellers’ Photos and Videos

      Street Views

      Ebooks

      VIRTUAL TRAVEL FROM THE AIR

      Aerial Photos

      Satellite Photos

      Interpreting Aerial and Satellite Photos

      GOOGLE EARTH

      Virtual Travel Using Google Earth

      VIRTUAL TRAVEL SCENARIOS

      News Inspired Virtual Travel

      Book Inspired Virtual Travel

      Curiosity Inspired Virtual

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