1. Geospatial Data for
Augmented Reality
AGI North
November 2013
Crispin Hoult, Linknode Ltd
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2. Outline
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Context & Background
What is Geospatial Augmented Reality
Geospatial Data, Services and Hardware
Case Study: Planning for Wind Farms
Conclusions
• Mobile Phones
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3. Who Likes Maps?
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4. Who Likes Tech?
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5. Digital Disruption
• Forrester Research
– James McQuivey
• Disrupt
– Seek The Adjacent Possible
– Utilise Convergent Adjacency
– Persist on the Innovation Path
– Create Whole Product Values
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6. Augmented Reality
• Gartner 2013
– Hype Cycle
for Emerging
Technologies
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7. Solution Looking for a Problem?
• Transition between innovation and
compelling value, science to business
• Customer-centric rather than technology
• Current applications
– Utilities, Heritage, Architecture, Planning and
Entertainment
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8. Examples of Geospatial Aware AR
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9. GIality
GIality n. [jee-al-i-tee]
1. the convergence of geospatial data with
augmented reality technology
2. the integration of real-world sensors for attitude,
orientation, location and imagery with spatial data
and services to provide new 3D visualisation
tools for a mobile equipped workforce and public
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10. Example
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11. Geospatial Interfaces
• Location
– Capture, Correction, Accuracy, Datums,
Coordinate Systems, Transformations
• Context
– Mapping, Aerial Photography, User Data
– Served by Standards for Interoperability
• Terrain
– Grids, Survey, Lidar, Ground and Surface
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12. Hardware Requirements
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Digital Compass
Digital Camera
3-Axis Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Location (GPS)
Portable Computer with
– Flexible Operating System
– Internet Access & Communications
– Graphics and gaming
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15. Visual Impact Assessment (VIA)
• Part of EIA (Environmental Impact
Analysis) – an assessment of the possible
impacts resulting from development
• Visual impact is defined as a change in the
appearance of the landscape as a result of
development
http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/ccw/task-three/via.html
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16. Typical VIA Components
• Viewshed / ZTV
– Map-based zones of theoretical visibility
• Cross Section
– A-B line-of-sight assessment
• Viewpoint
– Photomontage
– Line diagram
– Artistic impression
• Visualisation
– Guide scale, location and design of wind farms
– Used for more illustration
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17. VIA Challenges
• Technical Interpretation
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18. VIA Challenges
• Public Halls
– Limited Communication
• Websites
– Limited Data
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19. Solving the Problem
• www.oxforddictionaries.com
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20. Case Study
• Major West Coast Development
– Public Consultation by Facilitating Change
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21. Sharing Geographic Data
• What is limited by PDF…
• … is made flexible and accessible by AR…
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23. Visualisation Stakeholders
Policy
Design and Plan for New Technology
Conception
Land Owners, their Managers, Agents & Advisors
Consultation
Design
Build Social, Mobile and Public Engagement
Adds Capabilities to Software Solutions
Planning
Energy Developers and LVIA Professionals - Create Immersive and Visual Environments
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24. How It Works
• Cross-Platform (Xamarin Mono App on iOS / Android)
• Secure Web Administration Site
• SQL Azure Storage and Query
– OS OpenData Panorama / Terrain 50 (+ Client DTMs)
• Mapping Server (WMS Delivery and Transforms)
– MapGuide Open Source 2.5
• WCF Web Services
– Terrain, Projects, Coordinate Systems and Other Data
• Azure Data Storage
– OS OpenData Vector Map District (+ Client Data Overlays)
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25. Call to Action – Mobilise!
• Consider The End User
– GI Professional or Spatially-Poor Citizen
• Consider The End Product
– It’s Not Always About the Map
– Spatial Data is Just The Enabler
• Use New Technology Where Appropriate
– Mobile, Sensors, 3D
• Seek Convergence and Adjacency
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