Three-dimensional CityGML building models in mobile augmented reality: a smartphone-based pose tracking system
Many augmented reality (AR) systems are developed for entertainment, but AR and particularly mobile AR potentially have more application possibilities in other fields. For example, in civil engineering or city planning, AR could be used in combination with CityGML building models to enhance some typ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2021-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Digital Earth |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2020.1733680 |
| Summary: | Many augmented reality (AR) systems are developed for entertainment, but AR and particularly mobile AR potentially have more application possibilities in other fields. For example, in civil engineering or city planning, AR could be used in combination with CityGML building models to enhance some typical workflows in planning, execution and operation processes. A concrete example is the geo-referenced on-site visualization of planned buildings or building parts, to simplify planning processes and optimize the communication between the participating decision-makers. One of the main challenges for the visualization lies in the pose tracking, i.e. the real-time estimation of the translation and rotation of the mobile device to align the virtual objects with reality. In this paper, we introduce a proof-of-concept fine-grained mobile AR CityGML-based pose tracking system aimed at the mentioned applications. The system estimates poses by combining 3D CityGML data with information derived from 2D camera images and an inertial measurement unit and is fully self-sufficient and operates without external infrastructure. The results of our evaluation show that CityGML and low-cost off-the-shelf mobile devices, such as smartphones, already provide performant and accurate mobile pose tracking for AR in civil engineering and city planning. |
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| ISSN: | 1753-8947 1753-8955 |