Mapping of stone-made Buddhism statues in Kisarazu through Engineering Practice

Abstract

Engineering Practice I is opened for the first-year students in advanced civil and environmental engineering course. This paper shows an activity of the students in the engineering practice. In this curriculum, mapping of stone-made Buddhism statues such as Koshinto and Umanori-Batokannon in Kisarazu City was conducted using QGIS, a free software of GIS. Through this activity, they could learn how to use the software and also contribute to the local community by mapping the local cultural assets.