Abstract
A joint research project was conducted at ETH Zurich to develop a user-friendly software environment for the representation, visual manipulation, analysis and design of urban areas. Three groups were involved in the project: (1) the ‘Architecture and Planning’ group defined the requirements and expectations for the system; (2) the ‘Photogrammetry’ group acquired and processed raster and 3D vector data to form a 3D model of the urban area; and (3) the ‘CAAD’ (Computer Aided Architectural Design) group embedded the data into AutoCAD and implemented database functionality. Results of the photogrammetry group are presented, including the implementation of a ‘topology builder’ which automatically fits roof planes to manually or semi-automatically measured roof points in order to create AutoCAD-compatible 3D building models. Digital orthoimages and derived products such as perspective views, and the geometric correction of house roofs in digital orthoimages also were generated for test sites in Switzerland.
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