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Geospatial Thinking with 3D Technologies in Sustainability Studies

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 2599

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Department of Technical and Project Engineering and Architecture, University of La Laguna, 38200 Tenerife, Spain
Interests: 3D technologies for topographic data visualization; geospatial thinking; spatial orientation; geovisualization; augmented and virtual reality teaching environments
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Dear Colleagues,

The sustainable development framework has been performed in parallel with the use of geospatial technologies and 3D visualization environments in which geospatial thinking is necessary. Spatial thinking is the ability to visualize and solve spatial problems. Geospatial thinking is a subset of spatial thinking in the context of the Earth’s surface and its representations, and is receiving growing attention in STEM domains. Geospatial Technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI), and 3D technologies such as augmented reality, 3D visualizers, virtual reality, or 3D printing offer a three-dimensional environment for sustainability studies such as desertification, erosion, sea-level rise, or environmental and landscape impact simulations, among others. In this Special Issue, we invite original contributions on topics related to geospatial thinking in sustainability studies in which 3D representations and geospatial information technologies are used.

Dr. Carlos Carbonell Carrera
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Keywords

  • Geospatial thinking
  • Earth´s surface representations
  • 3D environments
  • Geospatial technologies
  • Geospatial thinking for sustainability in STEM domains

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A Geospatial Thinking Multiyear Study
by Carlos Carbonell-Carrera, Jose Luis Saorin and Stephany Hess-Medler
Sustainability 2020, 12(11), 4586; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12114586 - 04 Jun 2020
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In the field of environmental sustainability and landscape management, geospatial thinking is necessary. A good level of geospatial thinking is related to academic success in engineering degrees. It is relevant, therefore, to detect the possible deficiencies that university students may have in tasks [...] Read more.
In the field of environmental sustainability and landscape management, geospatial thinking is necessary. A good level of geospatial thinking is related to academic success in engineering degrees. It is relevant, therefore, to detect the possible deficiencies that university students may have in tasks related to geospatial thinking. This research presents the results of a 2014‒2019 multiyear study with agricultural engineering students, in which seven geospatial tasks were analyzed. The statistical analysis shows that geospatial tasks related to slope, stream/water flow, visibility, and relief interpretation are the best at predicting the final course mark. The present research provides quantitative data on the efficiency that four technologies have to reinforce geospatial thinking focused on each task. Augmented Reality is an appropriate 3D technology for geospatial tasks related to route search, stream/water flow, and elevation points. SketchUp Make 2017 and Autodesk 123D Make showed their potential to solve tasks related to terrain slope and visibility analysis. Spatial Data Infrastructure has given the best results in geospatial tasks related to the photointerpretation of the relief and with topographic profiles of the terrain. Our findings will help teachers to select the most appropriate geospatial tasks to include in their courses. Full article
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