3D data model is an indispensable component to any 3D GIS, and forms the basis of 3D spatial analysis and
representation. And now, plenty of representative 3D data models are proposed. However, existing models just take the
theoretic 3D formal representation and the topology between objects into account, and neglect the display result and the
consumption of storage space. Based on the review of existing three-dimensional (3D) GIS data model, a 3D surface
model is proposed for fast visualization in this paper, which is composed of node, segment and triangle. Secondly, data
structure and formal representation of 3D surface model is developed to construct and store data of 3D model. In order
to compare this 3D surface model with other 3D data model, the building models in an experimental area are
reconstructed and stored by the 3D surface model. The result demonstrates that the newly proposed 3D surface model is
superior to the existing data model in terms of data volume, moreover, it can acquire fast visualization speed.
KEYWORDS: Roads, 3D modeling, Visualization, Visual process modeling, Visibility, Map generalization, 3D imaging standards, Spatial analysis, Geomatics, Geographic information systems
With the development of digital city, 3D City Models (3DCM) are created and applied in more and more fields in recent
years. However, the geometric structure of 3DCM is complicated and the volume of texture data is huge, which is beyond the
real time rendering abilities of current work stations. On the other hand, various applications have different requirements on
the accuracy of geometric data and visual effects. Hence, the levels of detail (LoD) of 3DCM is of vital importance for a
3DCM. Because buildings are the main component of a city, research on the LOD of 3DCM focused on the LOD
representation of urban buildings by generalization. Different from 2D map generalization, where maps have standardized
official scale series, which lead to determinate generalization space and specific levels of detail. However, 3D building group
models have no uniform standard to specify the levels of detail, which leads to difficulties in defining specific generalization
space and geometric and semantic layer. Aiming at the automatic generalization of 3D urban building group models, this
paper proposes a hierarchical partition approach of 3D urban building-group models to obtain different levels of
generalization space.
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