FOSS4G NA 2016
Tangible Landscape
Anna Petrasova, Vaclav Petras, Brendan Harmon, & Helena Mitasova
Tangible Landscape
A tangible user interface powered by open source GIS
History
An evolution of Illuminating Clay and the Tangible Geospatial Modeling System
Image source: MIT Media Lab
Tanigble interaction with GIS
With Tangible Landscape you can hold a GIS in your hands - feeling the shape of the earth, sculpting its topography, and directing the flow of water.
How-it-works
Tangible Landscape couples a digital and a physical model through a continuous cycle of 3D scanning, geospatial modeling, and projection
Intuitive scientific modeling with Tangible Landscape
Tangible Landscape is designed to make scientific data, models, and simulations exploratory, engaging, and fun
Applications
Visibility analysis
Applications
Solar analysis
Solar irradiation and cast shadow
Applications
Trail planning
Optimized trail routing between waypoints based on energetics, topography, and cost maps with feedback including trail slopes and viewsheds
Serious gaming
Termite infestation game
Manage the spread of termites across a city by treating city blocks
Serious gaming
Coastal flooding game
Save houses from coastal flooding by building coastal defenses
Open source
Fork us on GitHub
Tangible Landscape plugin for GRASS GIS
Open education
Open source software, open algorithms, open data, and open educational resources
Petras, V., Petrasova, A., Harmon, B., Meentemeyer, R.K., Mitasova, H. Integrating Free and Open Source Solutions into Geospatial Science Education. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2015, 4, 942-956. doi:10.3390/ijgi4020942
Set up your own system
Read our book and give it a try