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Efficient Visualization of the Geometric Information of CityGML: Application for the Documentation of Built Heritage

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2012 (ICCSA 2012)

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CityGML is a standard data model for the representation, storage and exchange of 3D city models issued by the OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium). CityGML represents a very attractive solution that combines 3D information and semantic information in a single data model. The efficient visualization of the geometric information contained in the CityGML data model is still an open challenge. A survey of the state of the art shows that current approaches have to be improved. In this paper we introduce a new approach for efficient web visualization of CityGML without plugins based on the use of X3D and web services. The approach has been evaluated with an implementation applied to built heritage at urban scale based on an extended CityGML model.

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  1. Construction unit, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, C/ Geldo Edificio 700, Parque tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Spain

    Iñaki Prieto & Jose Luís Izkara

  2. MoBiVAP Research Group, Parque Científico Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 11, Valladolid, Spain

    Francisco Javier Delgado del Hoyo

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  1. Laboratory of Urban and Territorial Systems, University of Basilicata, 10, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 85100, Potenza, Italy

    Beniamino Murgante

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Via Vanvitelli 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. Department of Cyber Security Science, Federal University of Technology, Gidan Kwano Campus, Minna, Nigeria

    Sanjay Misra

  4. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics Engineering and Telecommunications, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Sao Francisco Xavier, 524, 50. andar, sala 5145-F, Maracana, 20, 550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Nadia Nedjah

  5. Department of Production and Systems, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Ana Maria A. C. Rocha

  6. School of Business Systems, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    David Taniar

  7. Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai, Higashi-ku, 813-8503, Fukuoka, Japan

    Bernady O. Apduhan

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Prieto, I., Izkara, J.L., Delgado del Hoyo, F.J. (2012). Efficient Visualization of the Geometric Information of CityGML: Application for the Documentation of Built Heritage. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2012. ICCSA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31125-3_40

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