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Application of UAV-Based Oblique Photography in Architectural Design: The Case of Mengyuan Resort Hotel in Yunnan, China

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With the development of remote sensing and images techniques, the oblique aerial photography (OAP), which relies on the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), has become increasingly significant, showing advantages of high efficiency, low cost, and high spatial resolution in various disciplines. The OAP technology provides an efficient method for the acquisition of spatial information, site surveying, and mapping. It can also be applied to improve the scientific process of architectural design and planning. This article, therefore, introduces a methodology using point clouds obtained by the OAP and takes the Mengyuan resort hotel in China as a case to discuss the meaning and possibility of employing the OAP in architectural design. This research process includes five main steps: site investigation, drone route planning, data acquisition, model construction, and the application of 3D models. The design project of the Mengyuan hotel is finally fulfilled based on the built 3D point clouds, which can be a reference for future architectural analysis, planning, and research, combining with multiple spatial and remote sensing methods.

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The project was funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), Grant Number: 201708440230.

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Lin, G., Sang, K. (2022). Application of UAV-Based Oblique Photography in Architectural Design: The Case of Mengyuan Resort Hotel in Yunnan, China. In: Kang, T., Lee, Y. (eds) Proceedings of 2021 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 201. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6932-3_38

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