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Machine-Learning-Enhanced Procedural Modeling for 4D Historical Cities Reconstruction

Frédéric Kaplan, Isabella Di Lenardo, Rémi Guillaume Petitpierre, Beatrice Vaienti

The generation of 3D models depicting cities in the past holds great potential for documentation and educational purposes. However, it is often hindered by incomplete historical data and the specialized expertise required. To address these challenges, we p ...

2023

Estimating quality of life dimensions from urban spatial pattern metrics

Devis Tuia

The spatial structure of urban areas plays a major role in the daily life of dwellers. The current policy framework to ensure the quality of life of inhabitants leaving no one behind, leads decision-makers to seek better-informed choices for the sustainabl ...

2021

Residential density classification for sustainable housing development using a machine learning approach

Dan Assouline, Nahid Mohajeri Pour Rayeni, Alina Ursula Rosa Walch

Using Machine Learning (ML) algorithms for classification of the existing residential neighbourhoods and their spatial characteristics (e.g. density) so as to provide plausible scenarios for designing future sustainable housing is a novel application. Here ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2021

Integration of geological data into the BIM process in infrastructure projects

BIM is a process whose workflow differs significantly from conventional methods. An essential aspect of BIM is the creation of 3D models to which a wide range of information is assigned. This information model is placed at the center of a project as the si ...

2020

The sediment challenge of Swiss river corridors interrupted by man-made reservoirs

Giovanni De Cesare, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Samuel Luke Vorlet, Christian Mörtl

Depending on their characteristics and management, man-made reservoirs can have a significant impact on the natural sediment continuity of rivers. We classify different reservoir types and describe potential risks for the dam and downstream river reach. Ou ...

CRC Press2020

IntegrCiTy - D4.4 Report - Implementation of the decision‐support interface with the GIS data base

Luc Girardin

This report presents the implementation of a communication interface to bridge the gap between the semantic 3D city models of the Geographical information system (GIS) database and the scenarios creation environment for decision‐making in the conceptual ph ...

2019

A deep learning approach to Cadastral Computing

Frédéric Kaplan, Isabella Di Lenardo, Sofia Ares Oliveira, Bastien Solal Emile Tourenc

This article presents a fully automatic pipeline to transform the Napoleonic Cadastres into an information system. The cadastres established during the first years of the 19th century cover a large part of Europe. For many cities they give one of the first ...

2019

A new clustering and visualization method to evaluate urban energy planning scenarios

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Dasaraden Mauree, Silvia Coccolo, Sara Torabi Moghadam

The spatial visualization is a very useful tool to help decision-makers in the urban planning process to create future energy transition strategies, implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the context of sustainable cities. Stat ...

2018

GenMon-CH : a Web-GIS application for the monitoring of Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR) in Switzerland

Stéphane Joost

Since the initation of the Global plan of action for Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR) in 2007, individual member countries, including Switzerland, should have started a monitoring program. In this context, we developed GenMon-CH, funded by the Federal ...

2017

Simple rules for an efficient use of Geographic Information Systems in molecular ecology

Stéphane Joost, Estelle Rochat, Kevin Leempoel, Ivo Widmer

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are becoming increasingly popular in the context of molecular ecology and conservation biology thanks to their display options efficiency, flexibility and management of geodata. Indeed, spatial data for wildlife and liv ...

2017

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