A Survey on City Modeling

PhD Qualifying Examination


Title: "A Survey on City Modeling"

Mr. Peng ZHAO


Abstract:

There is a booming demand for the modeling of cities for games, movies and 
map services such as in Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Urban 
spaces consist of a complex collection of buildings, parcels, blocks and 
streets. Accurately modeling the detailed geometry model with 
photo-realistic texture of dense urban spaces is a significant challenge. 
Recently, the surge of urban data and its availability via the Internet, 
such as images from Google Street View, has encouraged lots of research 
related to urban modeling. This report provides an overview of the most 
prominent urban modeling methods in computer vision and computer graphics. 
These methods are categorized into three basic modeling methodologies: 
procedural urban modeling, vision-based urban modeling and urban 
synthesis. In each category, the literatures are grouped according the 
problem-solving strategies. The strengths and weaknesses of each method 
are discussed.


Date:     		Friday, 28 August 2009

Time:                   4:00pm - 6:00pm

Venue:                  Room 3494
 			lifts 25-26

Committee Members:      Prof. Long Quan (Supervisor)
 			Dr. Chiew-Lan Tai (Chairperson)
 			Dr. Huamin Qu
 			Prof. Chi-Keung Tang


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