Abstract
The rapid evolution of GIS systems during the last decade has lead to improved accessibility and increased availability. Their traditional content has been enhanced by multimedia information and three dimensional models. Virtual copies of the real world have been created, widely available to the average user, yet the tasks of efficient exploration of 3D large scale scenes and information retrieval from them still pose serious problems. In this paper, a prototype application, entitled “GIS-Scene-Explorer” or GIS-SE, addressing these problems is presented. The prototype is a standalone application, adopting the Google Earth API to retrieve and visualize data. It takes advantage of both the public database of the GIS system and a custom, collaborative database. Three dimensional models of buildings and multimedia data are stored to the collaborative database, operating under a server – client model architecture.
Christos Υiakoumettis
Academic Scholarship Researcher
My research interests include Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms and Decision Support Systems focusing on GIS platforms and Virtual Tours.