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3D Reconstruction of Urban History Based on Old Maps

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Digital Research and Education in Architectural Heritage (UHDL 2017, DECH 2017)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 817))

Abstract

Digital libraries increasingly provide large amounts of scanned maps. These historical cartographic documents are considered as part of the cultural heritage. In a geographical context, however, old topographic maps are very valuable information sources for tracking land use changes over long periods of time. This chapter presents a methodology for the automated 3D building reconstruction from recent and old topographic maps. The presented methodology was developed focusing primarily on urban research, spatial planning, and a nationwide retrospective land-use monitoring. In the interdisciplinary discourse, perspectives and benefits of the method application in urban history and cultural heritage research and education have been identified and are presented here.

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The authors would like to thank federal mapping agency as well as the Saxon State Library for providing the maps. We also want thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments that helped to improve the quality of the paper.

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Herold, H., Hecht, R. (2018). 3D Reconstruction of Urban History Based on Old Maps. In: Münster, S., Friedrichs, K., Niebling, F., Seidel-Grzesińska, A. (eds) Digital Research and Education in Architectural Heritage. UHDL DECH 2017 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 817. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76992-9_5

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