Abstract
 Kyoto Virtual Time-Space Track: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Author(s): Keiji Yano, Keigo Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakaya, Yuzuru Isoda, Yutaka Takase, Tatsunori Kawasumi This research integrates GIS and virtual reality (VR) technologies to develop a 4D GIS, "Kyoto Virtual Time-Space," in which we can virtually travel over space and time in the Japanese historical city of Kyoto. For this purpose, a database of elements that comprise urban landscapes in Kyoto is created starting from the present going back to the past through the 20th to 17th centuries, and finally to the Heian period (12th to 8th centuries, when Kyoto was founded) based on available historical documents, maps and other information. Locations are identified on a 2D GIS and a 3D VR technique is employed to visualize the urban landscapes. Finally, the 3D GIS is created for several time slices to form the 4D GIS. The "Kyoto Virtual Time Space" will be made public as a Web GIS on the Internet. Keiji Yano Ritsumeikan University Geography 56-1 Toji-in-Kita-mach, Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8577 JP Phone: 44-2088962423 E-mail: yano@lt.ritsumei.ac.jp Keigo Matsuoka Ritsumeikan University Kita-ku Kyoto , Kyoto 603-8577 JP Phone: 81-756451111 E-mail: keigo-m@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp Tomoki Nakaya Ritsumeikan University Department of Geography Kita-ku Kyoto , Kyoto 603-8577 JP Phone: 81-754651111 E-mail: nakaya@lt.ritsumei.ac.jp Yuzuru Isoda Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Ju-monji-bara Beppu , Oita 874-8577 JP Phone: 81-977-78-1112 E-mail: isoda-y@apu.ac.jp Yutaka Takase Cad Center 23-2 Sakamachi, Shinjyuku-ku Tokyo , Tokyo 160-0002 JP Phone: 81-3-5312-6401 E-mail: takase@cadcenter.co.jp Tatsunori Kawasumi Ritsumeikan University Faculty of Letters Kita-ku Kyoto , Kyoto 603-8577 JP Phone: 81-754651111 E-mail: kawasumi@lt.ritsumei.ac.jp |
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