Map-Reading Skill Development with 3D Technologies

Landforms often are represented on maps using abstract cartographic techniques that the reader must interpret for successful three-dimensional terrain visualization. New technologies in 3D landscape representation, both digital and tangible, offer the opportunity to visualize terrain in new ways. Th...

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Published inJournal of geography (Houston) Vol. 116; no. 5; pp. 197 - 205
Main Authors Carbonell Carrera, Carlos, Avarvarei, Bogdan Vlad, Chelariu, Elena Liliana, Draghia, Lucia, Avarvarei, Simona Catrinel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana Routledge 03.09.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
3-D technology
3D printed model
Achievement Gains
augmented reality
Bachelors Degrees
Cartography
College students
Colleges & universities
Control Groups
digital terrain model
Experimental Groups
Gender Differences
Intermode Differences
Landforms
Landscape
Map Skills
mesh-processing viewer
New technology
Reading
Skill Development
Technological Advancement
Technology Uses in Education
Terrain
Three dimensional models
Topography
Two dimensional models
Workshops
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Summary:Landforms often are represented on maps using abstract cartographic techniques that the reader must interpret for successful three-dimensional terrain visualization. New technologies in 3D landscape representation, both digital and tangible, offer the opportunity to visualize terrain in new ways. The results of a university student workshop, in which traditional 2D versus 3D digital and tangible models were tested, suggest that map-reading skill development is greater when using the 3D technologies.
ISSN:0022-1341
1752-6868
DOI:10.1080/00221341.2016.1248857