GPS-Based Augmented Reality System of Past Topography Using Antique Maps

Abstract

Although it has been considered that antique maps have significant means in the field of liberal arts and are of important cultural heritage that contains valuable scientific signals of past ages, available foundational technologies that analyze such signals and use these for further study are scarce. For this reason, the technology which allows comparisons between past and present topographies and structures of the same area was developed using GPS and constructing systemized databases for both antique and current maps. For the development, a GPS-based augmented reality has been employed to schematize topographies and features described on an antique map. For the calculations and estimations, reference points have been created. This application is written with Java Android and can be installed on Smart Phones and GPS. More subtle geographical elements or features are expected to be found with this proposed technology which supplements modern surveying techniques. The costs involved in the analysis process will be reduced despite of its precision results. Moreover, the commercial value of the proposed technology will be increase widely once it has been improved for an introduction to market.