Interactive 3D Building Modeling Using a Hierarchical Representation

  • Authors:
  • Sung Chun Lee;Ram. Nevatia

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • HLK '03 Proceedings of the First IEEE International Workshop on Higher-Level Knowledge in 3D Modeling and Motion Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Modeling and visualization of city scenes is important for manyapplications including entertainment and urban mission planning.Models covering wide areas can be efficiently constructed fromaerial images. However, only roof details are visible from aerialviews and ground views are needed to provide details of thebuilding facades for high quality fly-through visualization orsimulation applications. Different data sources provide differentlevels of necessary detail knowledge. We need a method thatintegrates the various levels of data. We propose a hierarchicalrepresentation of 3D building models for urban areas thatintegrates different data sources including aerial andground viewimages. Each data source gives us different details and each levelof the model has its own application as well. Through thehierarchical representation of 3D building models, large area sitemodeling can be done efficiently and cost-effectively. Thisproposal suggests efficient approaches for acquiring each levelmodel and demonstrates some results of each level including theintegration results.