Progress and New Trends in 3D Geoinformation Sciences

1. Modelling 3D Topographic Space Against Indoor Navigation Requirements
Gavin Brown, Claus Nagel, Sisi Zlatanova, Thomas H. Kolbe

2. Enhancing the Visibility of Labels in 3D Navigation Maps
Mikael Vaaraniemi, Martin Freidank, Rüdiger Westermann

3. Semantic 3D Modeling of Multi-Utility Networks in Cities for Analysis and 3D Visualization
Thomas Becker, Claus Nagel, Thomas H. Kolbe

4. Generalization and Visualization of 3D Building Models in CityGML
Siddique Ullah Baig, Alias Abdul Rahman

5. From the Volumetric Algorithm for Single-Tree Delineation Towards a Fully-Automated Process for the Generation of “Virtual Forests”
Arno Buecken, Juergen Rossmann

6. A Service-Based Concept for Camera Control in 3D Geovirtual Environments
Jan Klimke, Benjamin Hagedorn, Jürgen Döllner

7. Representing Three-Dimensional Topography in a DBMS With a Star-Based Data Structure
Hugo Ledoux, Martijn Meijers

8. Can Topological Pre-Culling of Faces Improve Rendering Performance of City Models in Google Earth?
Claire Ellul

9. On Problems and Benefits of 3D Topology on Under-Specified Geometries in Geomorphology
Marc-O. Löwner

10. Geometric-Semantical Consistency Validation of CityGML Models
Detlev Wagner, Mark Wewetzer, Jürgen Bogdahn, Nazmul Alam, Margitta Pries, Volker Coors

11. Advancing DB4GeO
Martin Breunig, Edgar Butwilowski, Daria Golovko, Paul Vincent Kuper, Mathias Menninghaus, Andreas Thomsen

12. Glob3 Mobile: An Open Source Framework for Designing Virtual Globes on iOS and Android Mobile Devices
Agustín Trujillo, Jose Pablo Suárez, Manuel de la Calle, Diego Gómez, Alfonso Pedriza, José Miguel Santana

13. (α, δ)-Sleeves for Reconstruction of Rectilinear Building Facets
Marc Kreveld, Thijs Lankveld, Maarten Rie

14. A 3D-GIS Implementation for Realizing 3D Network Analysis and Routing Simulation for Evacuation Purpose
Umit Atila, Ismail Rakip Karas, Alias Abdul Rahman

15. A Three Step Procedure to Enrich Augmented Reality Games with CityGML 3D Semantic Modeling
Alborz Zamyadi, Jacynthe Pouliot, Yvan Bédard

16. Implementation of a National 3D Standard: Case of the Netherlands
Jantien Stoter, Jacob Beetz, Hugo Ledoux, Marcel Reuvers, Rick Klooster, Paul Janssen, Friso Penninga, Sisi Zlatanova, Linda den Brink

17. Open Building Models: Towards a Platform for Crowdsourcing Virtual 3D Cities
Matthias Uden, Alexander Zipf

Keywords: Geography, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Image Processing and Computer Vision