Abstract
Google Earth has caught the attention of researchers from all countries around the world since it was released in 2005. In this chapter, we attempt to use Google technology to visualize the historical landscape in a traditional temple area in order to create design guidelines for repairs and landscape work around the temple buildings. The simulation reproduces the historical landscape not only as survey material, but also to provide an effective means of deepening residents’ understanding of the historical area. We use Google technology to grasp important points of the historical landscape in the temple area and verify the use of Google SketchUp and Google Earth to represent the historical landscape via a questionnaire.
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We would like to thank the financial support of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 22560602C), Japan Society of the Promotion of Science.
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Shen, Z., Kawakami, M., Chen, Z., Peng, L. (2012). Historical Landscape Restoration Using Google Technology in a Traditional Temple Area, Kanazawa, Japan. In: Geospatial Techniques in Urban Planning. Advances in Geographic Information Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13559-0_12
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