scholarly journals Teaching of geographical space relations for cartography – <i>Academic Outdoor Station in Poznan (Poland)</i>

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Beata Medynska-Gulij ◽  
Maciej Smaczynski ◽  
Dariusz Lorek ◽  
Łukasz Halik ◽  
Łukasz Wielebski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Topographic Map ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Optical Illusions ◽  
The North ◽  
Single Plate ◽  
Contour Lines ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
The University

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The identification of geographical phenomena and relations between them are most frequently visualized, analyzed and interpreted indoor by the display screen. The difficulties with capturing basic spatial relations significant in the process of teaching cartography become the main problem. The objective of teachers from the Department of Cartography and Geomatics was to enrich typical classes carried out in computer rooms by adding the outdoor academic classes that would encourage students to observe those relations directly in the field. In October 2018 the outdoor station of the area of 15&amp;thinsp;&amp;times;&amp;thinsp;20&amp;thinsp;m by the university campus next to <i>Collegium Geographicum</i> was handed over to the disposal of students. The projects of the elements of the station were created on the basis of the lecturers experience as a part of subjects on the following courses: topographical cartography, survey techniques, cartographic design, virtual and augmented reality in cartography, geovisualization and geomatics. Sets of several constructions that can be used either separately, as tools for explaining specific principles or together, as instruments for teaching subsequent measurement, location and visualization relations occurring in cartography and geomatics, were placed on the premises of the station.</p><p>In order to study historical ways of marking borders, the erratic, a replica of the boundary stone from 1653 with the triangle engraved in the place in which three countries connect, was placed in the field. Contemporary ways of the stabilization of the border points and points of the grid reference are farther located. The point marked on the metal horizontal plate, on the spot in which the meridian and the parallel of latitude cross, inform about multiple ways of recording the exact location in space. The values of coordinates were calculated for that point and engraved on the board in several nation and global reference systems. Students, standing on other three plates with the points marked where meridians cross parallels of latitude, create basic elements of the grid of latitude and longitude of 0.2''.</p><p>On a single plate three directions of the north, i.e. the geographic, topographic and magnetic one, are visible. One of the meridians marks the line of analemmatic sundial to 12:00&amp;thinsp;a.m. and the student standing on the area of the specific month becomes a gnomon whose shadow indicates the hour of the local meridian. Two surveyor's levelling rods with two values differing by approximately 16&amp;thinsp;cm demonstrate different values of contour lines on topographic maps worked out in Poland. Properly oriented topographic table shows the same fragment of space in four ways: on the classic, north-oriented topographic map, on the orthophotomap at 1&amp;thinsp;:&amp;thinsp;10&amp;thinsp;000 scale, on the simplified visualization of a few layers from the national topographic base at enlarged 1&amp;thinsp;:&amp;thinsp;2&amp;thinsp;000 scale and on the 3D printout on which the height of buildings was determined from the attribute table.</p><p>Authors of the Academic Outdoor Station in Poznan prepared for the conference guests the multimedia presentation with the explanations of the aforementioned constructions and other elements, i.e. the wall of cartographic visualizations with perspective and optical illusions presented on 2D boards, virtual and augmented reality table, triangular signal, and others. We hope to receive feedback from cartographers and hear some ideas concerning new constructions for our station.</p>

scholarly journals Perancangan Augmented Reality untuk Peta Topografi

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1173
Author(s):  
Agustinna Yosanny ◽  
Muhammad Ismail ◽  
Handoko Said
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Topographic Map ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Contour Maps ◽  
Contour Lines ◽  
Augmented Reality Technology

Topography is the science about the earth's surface and other objects such as planets, satellites, and asteroids. Topography is studied at school and is found quite difficult to understand because it requires imagination to understand the meaning of contour maps as well as the lines. To motivate students in learning topography,we design an learning application of interactive topographic map with 3D features using Augmented reality technology. In this research we implement analysis and design method. The result achieved is a learning topographic map application based on augmented reality. The conclusion that can be drawn is the teaching and learning of topography can be more interesting with 3D features so that students can more easily recognize the meaning of contour lines in a topographic map.

Empowering Citizens Through Virtual and Alternate Reality

2018 ◽  
pp. 720-732
Author(s):  
Vanessa Camilleri ◽  
Alexiei Dingli ◽  
Matthew Montebello
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Autistic Child ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Collaboration ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
Alternate Reality ◽  
Child Migrant ◽  
The University

2016 is the year when virtual and augmented reality takes a boost. We've already seen various Virtual reality (VR) headsets being released and Microsoft new Hololens is finally being realised thus paving the way for Augmented Realities (AR). In this chapter, we will explore further the use of VR in two particular domains in which governments are facing difficulties. The first topic is related to disorders and in the second domain we will consider migration. We will do this by creating new VR experiences, which present to the users alternative realities. The context we will be looking at is that of teacher training. As teaches they cannot fully comprehend what an autistic child or a child migrant experiences simply because they haven't lived through that experience themselves. Thus we have created an innovative inter-faculty collaboration at the University of Malta aimed at addressing this challenge. Previous studies into the importance of VR for teaching and learning, have described the ways in which people immersed in this alternative reality have been affected.

scholarly journals Analysis of Pathological Manifestations in Buildings at the University City Prof. José da Silveira Netto, Located in Belém-PA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9S) ◽  
pp. 1016-1020
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
University Campus ◽  
The North ◽  
University City ◽  
The University

The reinforced concrete structures are present in most constructions around the world and can be defined as a composite material of concrete reinforced with steel bars. Those structures may exhibit pathologies during the construction stage or after, due to several types of failures, whether is in the project, execution or maintenance. The Universidade Federal do Pará, has great influence over Brazil, being considered the biggest university in the north of the country. Despite its relevance, the university campus presents numerous problems in their building structures. The purpose of this paper is to identify the pathologies in the older and most recent reinforced concrete buildings existing at the Cidade Universitária Prof. José da Silveira Netto, Guamá campus, located in Belém, state's capital, enabling the evaluation of corrective maintenance needs of the most deteriorated constructions. To support the case study, it was performed a visual analysis with photographic register, allied to theoretical study regarding the subject, enabling the identification of possible causes of the alterations. The results show pathologies from many fields, from structure design until foundation of the buildings. The reduction in the occurrence of those manifestations would be possible, with better supervision during the construction process and preventive maintenance, whose lack of were the main cause of the identified pathologies.

scholarly journals ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN DIDACTIC PRINCIPLES IN THE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-257
Author(s):  
A.V. Yeltsov ◽  
◽  
L.F. Yeltsova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Educational Product ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
The University

The article defines the role of the electronic information and educational environment (EIEE) of the university in modern education. The advantages of the implementation of didactic principles in modern university training using integrative and competent approaches are considered. It is indicated that the electronic information and educational environment provides access to high-quality educational e-resources that have passed scientific and methodological expertise and creates conditions for solving the problem of searching for reliable educational data. ICT included in the electronic information and educational environment allow conducting all types of tutorials and attestations using remote educational technologies and e-learning. The content of the digital educational product, which is determined by pedagogical goals and didactic principles of higher professional training is discussed. The educational process in the EIEE should be carefully planned and provided with methodically proved educational content and contain a valid complex of methodological and assessment materials. It is underlined that the effectiveness of the EIEE application in the educational process depends on the quality of the electronic educational and methodological complex. The article deals with the didactic principles of training, which realization is facilitated by using electronic information and educational environment. It is noted that the most significant digital technologies for studying at the university are: virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and the technology of electronic identification of the trainee. It is indicated that chat bots are effective to provide feedback and assistance in mastering the content of educational disciplines. Advantages of the visibility principle implementation in digital education with the use of means of virtual and augmented reality, as well as the principle of individualization of training using programs for determination of cognitive abilities level of trainees are described. It is noted that the EIEE allows the use of the educational technology of “flipped classroom or flipped learning”.

scholarly journals Air Quality Measurement Using an IoT Network: a Case Study

Ingeniería ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-418
Author(s):  
Hernán Paz Penagos ◽  
Andrés Alejandro Moreno Sánchez ◽  
José Noé Poveda Zafra
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Interpolation Method ◽  
Mobile Station ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Kriging Interpolation ◽  
University Campus ◽  
The North ◽  
Kriging Interpolation Method ◽  
The University

Context: The evaluation of air quality in Colombia is localized; it does not go beyond determining whether the level of the polluting gas at a specific point of the monitoring network has exceeded a threshold, according to a norm or standard, in order to trigger an alarm. It is not committed to objectives as important as the real-time identification of the dispersion dynamics of polluting gases in an area, or the prediction of the newly affected population. From this perspective, the presence of polluting gases was evaluated on the university campus of Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, located north of the city of Bogotá, and the affected population was estimated for the month of October, 2019, using the Kriging geostatistical technique. Method: This study is part of the design and construction of an auxiliary mobile station that monitors and reports complementary information (CO and SO2 gases) to that provided by the Guaymaral meteorological station, located in the north of Bogotá. This information is transmitted through an IoT network to a server, where a database is created which stores the information on polluting gases reported by the 14 stations of the Bogotá air quality monitoring network, the information sent by the auxiliary station, and the statistical information of the population present on the university campus. Pollutant gas data and population information recorded from October 1st to 31st, 2019, are the input for data analysis using the Kriging interpolation method and predicting the affected population on said campus. Results: There is a particulate matter concentration of 29 µg/m3 of PM10 in the coliseum and 12,6 µg/m3 of PM2,5 in building G, in addition to 9,8 ppb of O3 in building I, 14,9 ppb of NO2 in that same building, 0,79 ppb of CO in building C, and 0,65 ppb of SO2 also in building C, thus allowing to infer, according to the Bogotá air quality index, a favorable air quality for a population of 2.131 people who visited the campus university during the aforementioned period. Conclusions: The correct integration of the data in the web server and their analysis, carried out in the R language, allowed determining the approximate indicators of the polluting factors around Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito. Additionally, to determine the affected population, these indicators were correlated with the information on the registered population that entered the campus during the period under study. Based on the results obtained, it was concluded that the air quality on the campus of Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito is favorable, and that 2.131 people benefited daily from these conditions.

Empowering Citizens Through Virtual and Alternate Reality

2017 ◽  
pp. 188-203
Author(s):  
Vanessa Camilleri ◽  
Alexiei Dingli ◽  
Matthew Montebello
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Autistic Child ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Collaboration ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
Alternate Reality ◽  
Child Migrant ◽  
The University

2016 is the year when virtual and augmented reality takes a boost. We've already seen various Virtual reality (VR) headsets being released and Microsoft new Hololens is finally being realised thus paving the way for Augmented Realities (AR). In this chapter, we will explore further the use of VR in two particular domains in which governments are facing difficulties. The first topic is related to disorders and in the second domain we will consider migration. We will do this by creating new VR experiences, which present to the users alternative realities. The context we will be looking at is that of teacher training. As teaches they cannot fully comprehend what an autistic child or a child migrant experiences simply because they haven't lived through that experience themselves. Thus we have created an innovative inter-faculty collaboration at the University of Malta aimed at addressing this challenge. Previous studies into the importance of VR for teaching and learning, have described the ways in which people immersed in this alternative reality have been affected.

scholarly journals Soil Sealing and Hydrological Changes during the Development of the University Campus of Elche (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9511
Author(s):  
Manon Navarro-Leblond ◽  
Ignacio Meléndez-Pastor ◽  
Jose Navarro-Pedreño ◽  
Ignacio Gómez Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Surface Hydrology ◽  
Land Occupation ◽  
Soil Sealing ◽  
The North ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

The University Miguel Hernández of Elche was created in 1996 and its headquarters is located in the city of Elche. A new campus was developed where new buildings and infrastructures have been established for over 25 years in the north of the city. The university is growing, and the land cover/land use is changing, adapted to the new infrastructures. In fact, the landscape changed from a periurban agricultural area mixed with other activities into an urbanized area integrated into the city. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the progressive sealing of the soil and the consequences on the surface hydrology. The area is close to the Palmeral of Elche, a landscape of date palm groves with an ancient irrigation system, which is a World Heritage Cultural Landscape recognized by UNESCO. The evolution of the land occupation was analyzed based on the Aerial National Orthophotography Plan (PNOA). Soil sealing and the modifications of the hydrological ancient irrigation system were detected. Based on the results, proposals for improvement are made in order to implement green infrastructures and landscape recovery that can alleviate the possible negative effects of the soil sealing in the area occupied by the university.

Mitigating the Costs of Spatial Transformations With a Situation Awareness Augmented Reality Display: Assistance for the Joint Terminal Attack Controller 3-17

2021 ◽  
pp. 001872082110224
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Wickens ◽  
Domenick Mifsud ◽  
Richi Rodriguez ◽  
Francisco R. Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Slant Angle ◽  
Spatial Transformations ◽  
Head Mounted Display ◽  
The North ◽  
Cognitive Principles

Objective Evaluate and model the advantage of a situation awareness (SA) supported by an augmented reality (AR) display for the ground-based joint terminal attack Controller (JTAC), in judging and describing the spatial relations between objects in a hostile zone. Background The accurate world-referenced description of relative locations of surface objects, when viewed from an oblique slant angle (aircraft, observation post) is hindered by (1) the compression of the visual scene, amplified at a lower slang angle, (2) the need for mental rotation, when viewed from a non-northerly orientation. Approach Participants viewed a virtual reality (VR)-simulated four-object scene from either of two slant angles, at each of four compass orientations, either unaided, or aided by an AR head-mounted display (AR-HMD), depicting the scene from a top-down (avoiding compression) and north-up (avoiding mental rotation) perspective. They described the geographical layout of four objects within the display. Results Compared with the control condition, that condition supported by the north-up SA display shortened the description time, particularly on non-northerly orientations (9 s, 30% benefit), and improved the accuracy of description, particularly for the more compressed scene (lower slant angle), as fit by a simple computational model. Conclusion The SA display provides large, significant benefits to this critical phase of ground-air communications in managing an attack—as predicted by the task analysis of the JTAC. Application Results impact the design of the AR-HMD to support combat ground-air communications and illustrate the magnitude by which basic cognitive principles “scale up” to realistically simulated real-world tasks such as search and rescue.

scholarly journals Study of the rain intensity in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Philandras ◽  
P. T. Nastos ◽  
A. G. Paliatsos ◽  
C. C. Repapis
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Rain Intensity ◽  
Atmospheric Circulation Patterns ◽  
The North ◽  
Summer Maximum ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

Abstract. In this study, the mean rain intensity (mm/h) in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, is examined during the period 1930–2007. The daily meteorological data were acquired from the meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens (Thissio) and the University Campus of Thessaloniki. These stations have recorded the longest and reliable daily rain time series in Greece. The trends of the annual and seasonal mean, as well as the maximum rain intensity, are analyzed. On the one hand, all of the time series in Athens present higher figures of mean rain intensity during the period 1990–2007 compared to the period 1930–1990. On the other hand, regarding the time series in Thessaloniki, the mean rain intensity remains in lower level than the respective one in Athens without significant trend at the Confidence Level (CL) 95%. As far as the annual and seasonal maximum rain intensity is concerned, similar patterns appear. However, the summer maximum rain intensity in Thessaloniki remains at higher levels till 1970's. The atmospheric circulation patterns for the extreme rain intensities show intense negative anomalies centred over Greece and positive anomalies to the north, with centre over Scandinavia.

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