E-service as a new paradigm for interactive multidimensional city modeling

Abstract

We present our recent attempt to develop interactive multidimensional city modeling through an e-service approach. We experiment with a multitier Web service architecture in developing a prototype interactive city modeling platform. Some advantages of the e-service approach are identified in terms of supporting sustainable urban data development and of delivering user-centered retrieval and interactions. We show that e-service can open up new possibilities of how interactive multidimensional city modeling can be better created, evolved and accessible to wider applications over time.