Georeferencingand Data Sharingfor Teaching Use

Amelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto MarazzatoPolitecnico di Torino

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

Introduction● Teaching history of physics● Open to other subjects● Improving the learning process by

sticking knowledge to places● Discovering new details about the life of

scientists● Possibility to travel in space and time

Sources

● Public online sources (Wikipedia, Google, open content sites/books)

● Traditional sources

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

Technology

● Google Earth● KML● XSLT● PHP● MySQL

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

Development – First trial

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

GOOGLE EARTHINTERFACE

DEVELOPER

ONLINE CONTENTSOURCES

OFFLINECONTENTSOURCES KML

FILE

Features – First trial● To be viewed only on Google Earth● Not easy to edit text/HTML (Balloon

propertes interface)● Unmanageable file content (GE does it

all)● All done by hand!!!● Does not require any CS knowledge

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

Development – Second trial

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

DEVELOPER

ONLINE CONTENTSOURCES

OFFLINECONTENTSOURCES KML

FILE

(SMART) TEXT EDITOR

Features – Second trial

● To be viewed only on Google Earth● Easy to edit text/HTML● Manageable file content● All done by hand!!!● Requires CS knowledge

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

Adding web/printable output

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

DEVELOPER

ONLINE CONTENTSOURCES

OFFLINECONTENTSOURCES

KML, XSLT, CSS FILES

(SMART) TEXT EDITOR

Explaining XSLT and CSS

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

HTMLOUTPUT

OUTPUTTO USER

Preprocessing

Rendering

Features – with XSLT and CSS● Rendered on Google Earth, on a

web breowser, or on other viewers● Easy to edit text/HTML● Manageable file content● All done by hand!!!● Requires CS knowledge

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

Script automation

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

CONTENTMANAGERONLINE +

OFFLINECONTENTSOURCES

KML, XSLT, CSS FILES

BACK END (FORMS)

DEVELOPERUSER

Features – with script automation● Rendered on Google Earth, on a web

browser, or on other viewers● Easy to edit text – No HTML● No file to manage● Optimized interface● Require no CS knowledge (data entry)● Need for a developer (once)

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour – Screenshot #1

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour – Screenshot #2

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour – Screenshot #3

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour – Screenshot #4

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour – Screenshot #5

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

The Newton Tour – web output

Georeferencing and Data Sharing for Teaching UseAmelia C. Sparavigna, Roberto Marazzato - Politecnico di Torino

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