The document provides instructions for volunteers to geotag museum objects in Google Earth using location information from object statements. Volunteers will research manufacturer or installation locations and record the latitude and longitude coordinates to map objects onto Google Earth. Some objects may only have a city or country listed, which is acceptable for this level of detail. Any questions can be directed to the provided contact.

1. Google Earth – A Objects
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2. Content
• Museum Objects selected to capture lat/longs to map onto Google Earth.
• Objects spread across all collecting areas and all parts of the globe.
• Essentially research work – using the provided object statement to find out
the lat/longs; this requires looking carefully at object statements.
• Most of this research will need to be done online – but there is also the
Museum library if people are able to make it into the museum.
• Generally we preference maker or manufacturer location for this project but
sometimes their will be some confusion as to which part of the object
statement is relevant to mapping to Google Earth. When in doubt you can
contact us to discuss and resolve any issues. In some cases there will be no
one correct answer to these problems so the museum will make the final
decision in discussion with you.

3. Content
• This leads to a second point (granularity). Do not waste too much time trying
to research the exact street number of a business if it does not come
quickly. A suburb or even London is acceptable for this project. Detail would
be great but not if we can’t complete the project, again you are welcome to
discuss this if you have any issues.
• Where we have no manufacturing info it should then be associated with
where it was used or installed.
• ANY Questions email me geoff.barker@phm.gov.au or Mob – 0422142309
• To get started you will need create your own Google maps account. The
next few slides outline how to do this.

4. Create an
account with
Google

6. Go to my
places to check
projects etc

8. These are some examples of the kinds of object statements we will be working from.
Discussing these with your teacher or a member of the museum staff will help in
getting an idea of how to start researching each object
H101 Gas engine, horizontal, Dugald Clerk two-stroke, 'Stockport', cast
08 iron/steel, made by J E H Andrew & Co Ltd, Stockport, England,
1882-1892 - 53.4085 -2.1621
88/30 Medal dies, (4), for Sydney International Exhibition medals, steel,
1 designed by Samuel Begg, engraved by A.B. and J.S. Wyon,
London, England, used at Sydney Mint, New South Wales, Australia,
1879
99/13 Epergne, model of the Broken Hill mine, silver/ glass/ wood, made
4/1 by Henry Steiner, retailed by August Brunkhorst, Adelaide, South
Australia, 1887-1888
A167 Plate, yellow gum blossom design, porcelain, hand painted by
9 Reginald Harry Austin from an original drawing by Marian Ellis
Rowan for Royal Worcester Porcelain Co Ltd, England, retailed by
Flavelle Brothers Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c 1912

9. Example

14. Address of
business c1884

15. Use back button
to get back to
your original
page – now have
80 Queen
Victoria Street
London and
Stockton.

16. Click on maps to
check locations

17. No results so
lets use the
Queen Victoria
address in
London

21. Right click ‘A’ location
to get this menu and
then h/light drop
lat/long marker

22. Lat/long appear

23. highlight and copy
(c/ntrl c)

24. Paste both to lat column then cut
and paste long (second number)
into long column

25. Make sure you paste into here
and also remember to delete
comma from entries

27. That’s it! You’re done, now you can
move on to the next one.