| Seminar/Workshop: | Monday 10:00-1:00 Gund Hall Room 510, |
| Web Site: | http://courses.gsd.harvard.edu/6471 |
| Instructor: | Paul Cote |
| Office: | Gund Hall 520 |
| Office Hours: | By Appoinment |
With the ascendance of Google Earth as a mechanism for delivering three dimensional models of cities, it is only a matter of time before web-delivered three dimensional models become an important mirror infrastructure for exploring, using and discussing places. How will these models be built? Who will maintain them? How will the availability of broad-scale urban models change the way we understand the city? This course will involve the exploration of the technical aspects and application of multi-purpose, collaborative urban modeling systems.
Themes in 3d City Modeling:
These themes will recur frequently throughout the course:
Applications / Use Cases
- A means of organizing distributed information about places, fixtures, and place-related event
- A public forum for discussing places
- A framework for planning and tracking large projects covering multiple sites
- Emergency Management
Data Aquisition and Maintenance
- Leveraging existing GIS infrastructure
- airborne laser scans (LIDAR) and other automated capture
- Ground-Basrd scanning techniques
- Collaborative compilations
Geometric Modeling
- Modeling buildings for visualization
- encapsulating geometry (Multipatch. X3d, CityGML)
- Urban Terrain Modeling
- Portrayal vehicles for visualization (KML)
Semantic Modeling
- Levels of Detail
- Geospatial Database Catalogs of 3d Models
- Creating semantic models in CAD
- Emerging Standards in Semantic Modeling (IFC/CityGML)
- Sub-Building Details
Decision Support Systems
- Broad-Scale analysis of view corridors
- Visualization tools for developing regulatory (e.g. zoning) scenarios
Architectures for Interoperability
Weekly Routine
We will meet each week for 3 hours, which will be divided equally between:
- Demonstrations and Formal Lectures
- Discussion
- Hands-on workshops
Assignments and Grading Scheme
The breakdown of student grades will be as follows
- Class participation 20%
- Projects 1-3 40%
- Final Project Proposal 10%
- Final Project 30%