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Estimating person view-factors from fish-eye lens photographs

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A simple technique is described whereby view-factors can be estimated for a person at locations where the building geometry is complex. Procedures are outlined for the construction of a polar diagram whose grid cells give equal person view-factors: the diagram is designed to overlay a fish-eye lens photograph, enabling the estimation of view-factors of distinctive surfaces in the photograph image for standing and seated people.

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  1. Macquarie University, 2109, New South Wales, Australia

    I. D. Watson & G. T. Johnson

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Watson, I.D., Johnson, G.T. Estimating person view-factors from fish-eye lens photographs. Int J Biometeorol 32, 123–128 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01044905

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