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Map Overlays for the Targeting Area

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KidSat provides your school with the base maps and the orbit overlays (the Slider Map). Each table has the same base map and the same orbital overlay.

However, the target selection process can be improved if you create two additional overlay maps for the Targeting Table: 

• Pre-defined targets-an overlay on which your students have marked (with water-based pens) the specific target sites and general regions that they're especially interested in. This helps them notice when the orbital track passes over the areas of interest. 

• Weather maps-an overlay which will change every few hours, on which your students record major weather features (weather maps are viewed via the Web). They should record broad areas of cloud cover which would obscure potential targets. They should also record the location of weather, such as hurricanes, which would be interesting targets to photograph.

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