Development of Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Simulation for its Mitigation

Abstract

We study Nankai Trough Earthquake that is predicted to occur in the near future in Japan and develop the disaster simulation by Projection Mapping. Our study aims to promote visualization of disaster information for education for the reduction of disaster and voluntary/active individual behavior for disaster reduction. We mapped the video to the diorama of the three-dimensional map model of Aichi in Japan that was made by the 3D printer. It enables to present the hazard map that could only be transferred in a plane so far by three-dimensional way or animation. As a result, it is possible to know the locations of evacuation and their routes, and disaster site at a glance. Moreover, by putting disaster movies or pictures on the display with the diorama, it is possible to acquire a lot of information at once, and leads to raising the knowledge about a disaster and how to reduce the effects of it. Projection mapping and the display have high effective power to attract the interest of many ages and visualize academic contents in easy -to- understand way. This method makes it possible to understand about a disaster deeply without the original knowledge.