@inproceedings{RenShiXu2004, author = {Ren, Aizhu and Shi, Jianyong and Xu, Yun}, title = {Modeling of Buildings and Roads for Urban Applications based on 2D Digital Maps}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.179}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-1791}, year = {2004}, abstract = {Three-dimensional models of urban objects play an important role in the urban applications such as urban planning, environmental concerning, or urban disaster mitigations. While the modeling of urban objects is time consuming and storage costing. This paper presents solutions for this. Buildings with regular shapes and plane roofs are constructed into computer models by identifying of graphic elements from the digital maps of urban area to get building base plane and building heights. Buildings with irregular shapes and non-plane roofs are constructed into computer models by employment of a specific system developed by the authors. Road objects and topologies are constructed into computer models by employment of specific algorithms. The solutions presented in this paper has been used in the development of urban disaster mitigation system for Shantou, China.}, subject = {Architektur}, language = {en} }