Geospatial visualization of student population using Google™ Maps

Abstract

We present an application that delivers a visual geospatial overview of our student population location. Developed by our students, the application showed benefits behind the classroom environment. The presentation includes the application development details, the practical implications of the application, together with the positive impact the student projects of this nature have on our computer science program.

References

1. GEO World (2001) GIS in Education: Students Mapping Students. Retrieved on November 20th 2005, from http://www.geoplace.com/gw/2001/0101/0101edu.asp.
2. Google (2005) Google#8482; Maps API. Retrieved on November 20th 2005, from http://www.google.com/apis/maps/.
3. MIT SENSEable City Lab (2005) iSPOTS project. Retrieved on November 20th 2005, from http://ispots.mit.edu/.
4. Wikipedia (2005) Google#8482; Maps. Retrieved on November 20th, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_maps.

Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Education

• Human-centered computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Computing education