GIS - stepping stones for learningGIS - stepping stones for learning

Conventional2D maps

Draped 3Dmaps

• modernising maps

• 3D visual skills

GIS - visualisationsGIS - visualisations

3D models

4D - movies

• basic concepts

• virtual landscapes

• supporting fieldwork

GIS - online modesGIS - online modes

Google Earth/Google Maps• Published, online content• User-generated content

e.g. NSIDC Arctic Ice cover over timeMashups• Multimedia• Online activities

OU GIS server• Customised datasets• Research data• Student input:

(to populate, manipulate

and analyse datasets)

• Group projects