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 3646
Special Issue Editor
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
Guest Editor
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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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