Module: 3D GIS, City Models and Digital Twins

Lecture: Semantic 3D city models

Lecture summary

This lecture focuses fully on semantic models as the state-of-the art-approach of the city modelling
and basis for applications like smart cities and digital twins. It goes through advantages of models
with semantic information and explains how such models are created. In the last part, the lecture
shows several examples of existing semantic models as well as of their use in societal planning.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this lecture, the learner is expected to be able to:

Explain the semantic part of the city models and differences compared to graphical 3D models
Summarize the main steps of semantic model creation
Name examples of existing models as well as of their possible applications

Learning materials

This lecture consists of a slide-based presentation accompanied by a text document (presentation notes) that includes additional information on the slides.

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L1.2 Semantic 3D city models

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