Google Maps - Earth

Google Map - Earth
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Content
Google Earth is part of google's website that provides information about how to get from one place to another. It provides you with the information on which streets you should go to get to a certain place, and how long it will take when walking, busing, or driving. The purpose of google earth is to help people find there way somewhere or find where a specific a location is. Google Earth is also good for people who would want to consider buying a house, they could type in the address, and find out what the outside looks like and what the neighbourhood looks like.

Google map also has google satelite, google earth, and google traffic.

Form
The form of the website is maps, photos of the street and other areas, text of information of a specific location, illustrations, and hyperlinks. The design techniques that are employed are colors, fonts, boxes, layouts, headers, headings and headers.

Audience
The Audience of google map can basically be anyone who can use a computer.
Parents, children, teens, anyone any age can use google map. Kids can use it for example to find the nearest ice cream parlour. Parents can use it to find the nearest restaurant. I don't think many young kids are using google maps. I think the majority of people who are using maps are mostly pre-teens, teens and adults.