Data model and visualization of 3D city landscape based on integrated databases |
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| Authors: | Li Deren Wang Yandong Zhu Qing Gong Jianya |
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| Institution: | National Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing , WTUSM , Wuhan , China |
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| Abstract: | Data acquisition and modeling are the two important, difficult and costful aspects in a Cybercity project. 2D-GIS is mature and can manage a lot of spatial data. Thus 3D-GIS should make the best of data and technology of 2D-GIS. Construction of a useful synthetic environment requires integration of multiple types of information like DEM, texture images and 3D representation of objects such as buildings. In this paper, the method for 3D city landscape data model and visualization based on integrated databases is presented. Since, the data volume of raster are very huge, special strategies (for example, pyramid gridded method) must be adopted in order to manage raster data efficiently. Three different methods of data acquisition, the proper data structure and a simple modeling method are presented as well. At last, a pilot project of Shanghai Cybercity is illustrated. |
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| Keywords: | 3D city landscape integrated databases modeling visualization |
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