Let's draw a picture with GPS location information trajectory Ibaraki Tsukuba August 21 12:53
An event was held in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, to help children during the summer vacation learn about maps and surveys using GPS location information trajectories.
The event was held at the “Science Museum of Maps and Surveys” at the Geographical Survey Institute in Tsukuba City, and about 30 people including elementary school students and parents participated.
Using the "GPS" mechanism that grasps the location information on the ground by exchanging radio waves with artificial satellites, the trajectory that we walked is expressed as a one-stroke line.
Children prepare the shapes of pictures they want to draw, such as creatures such as dogs and sharks, and the cards of playing cards, head to the ground with a GPS terminal, and walk around the ground with landmarks such as baseball bases. It was.
On the terminal, the trajectory they walked was recorded, and the children were checking to see if they were able to draw the shape as imagined.
A third grade boy who drew a shark said, “It was hard to draw my eyes, but I enjoyed it better than I thought. I like to see and write maps, so I want to study.” It was.