Prior use of Google Earth by undergraduate Geography students

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Figure 1 Students using Google Earth in a taught class, some for the first time.

Table 1 Results of 1st Year, 3rd (final) Year, and combined student respondents to the Google Earth prior use survey. Note that the percentages for questions b and c are based on the subtotals responding ‘yes’ to the previous question.

Questions	1st Year n = 33	3rd Year n = 23	Combined n = 56
		Yes	n/a	No	Yes	n/a	No	Yes	n/a	No
a) Have you ever used Google Earth before?	n	25	0	8	17	0	6	42	0	14
	%	76	0	24	74	0	26	75	0	25
b) If yes, have you ever used Google Earth in academic study before?	n	10	8	15	3	6	14	13	14	29
	%	40	n/a	60	18	n/a	82	31	n/a	69
c) If yes, have you ever used Google Earth in a taught class before?	n	5	23	5	1	20	2	6	43	7
	%	50	n/a	50	33	n/a	67	46	n/a	54

Figure 2 Results of 1st Year student respondents to the Google Earth prior use survey. Note that the percentages for questions b and c are based on the subtotals responding ‘yes’ to the previous question.

Figure 3 Results of 3rd (final) Year student respondents to the Google Earth prior use survey. Note that the percentages for questions b and c are based on the subtotals responding ‘yes’ to the previous question.

Figure 4 Results of combined student respondents to the Google Earth prior use survey. Note that the percentages for questions b and c are based on the subtotals responding ‘yes’ to the previous question.