Abstract:
Analysis of geospatial data and its presentation is a very important portion of the Geomatics
Engineering. The data visualization of geospatial data has evolved from paper-based maps
to digital maps and is going towards the intelligent maps with embedded information. The
technology which would enhance the way engineers interpret and interact with this
information even more is Augmented reality or AR. AR is not a new technology and is
continuously evolving and has a lot of potential in various fields may it be engineer or nonengineering
domain. There has been lots of examples of using AR for visualization and this
distinctive feature puts this technology in the radar for Geo-visualization. In this research,
AR is being tied with the visualization of data generated from geomatics survey or for
geomatics application and a framework is prepared on the processes, hardware and software
used for the visualization task. Few native apps with AR and VR capabilities are developed
which are used for visualization of 3D map of Civil Engineering Department and other
departments of IIT Roorkee. It also has user interface and interaction capabilities to envisage
the 3D buildings in a different media technology. Field of WebAR is also explored and some
of the JavaScript libraries are also used for displaying Geo-data using AR on the web.
