Title
Design of three-dimensional cartographical didactic materials for Physical Geography teaching
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Tanarro L.M.
de Andrés N.
Fernández-Fernández J.M.
de Marcos J.
Ovaco D.
García J.
Palacios D.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Publisher(s)
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Abstract
Three-dimensional cartographic resources are an important tool in the teaching of Physical Geography and other Earth Sciences. They are also able to help the students to reach a better understanding of the natural landscape. The objective of this work is to design appropriate 3D didactic resources to facilitate the teaching of the landforms in the Higher Education context. These didactic materials have been prepared by using Geographic Information Technologies (GIT). These graphical materials have been created with specific GIT tools, but they can be used by teachers and students with standardized sotfware (Google Earth, Adobe Acrobat Reader or image viewers). Specifically, files with topographical and geological information have been prepared to work with Google Earth. The digital elevation models (DEM) can be viewed in three-dimensional files in 3D PDF format. This work also proposes the creation of photo-realistic images with thematic information draped with the DEM in isometric perspective. Finally, 3D models have been made from the application of photogrammetric techniques so that can be seen in stereoscopic mode as an alternative to the traditional techniques. In conclusion, all these 3D didactic materials proposed in this work showed a great potential as complementary resources in the teaching and learning of Physical Geography and other Earth Sciences.
Start page
1055
End page
1063
Volume
2020-June
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geografía física
Geografía económica y cultural
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85088387517
Source
International Conference on Higher Education Advances
ISSN of the container
26035871
ISBN of the container
9788490488119
Conference
6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd 2020
Source funding
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus