Augmented Reality (AR) and GIS

Most of us likely have an augmented reality (AR) app on our smartphone, whether it's an iPhone or an Android. This technique overlays digital information on anything you're looking at through the camera on your phone. These AR apps often integrate a variety of miniaturized technological devices, optical sensors, accelerometers, GPS, gyroscopes, and solid-state compasses with context-sensitive information supplied as a web service.

When we think about GIS applications and AR together, many of the buildings and object dimensions are likely already can shape in 3D CAD design, so checking the floor plan on the device would help the users understand. These systems should integrate for the framework of the same purposes. As geo-based apps and implementations become more popular and well-known, it demonstrates how GIS and AR may be utilized to create systems that provide more immersive interactions with the environment around a user.