Large-scale 3D data integration challenges and opportunities

"The use of large-scale three-dimensional computer models developed in the contexts of systems for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and geographic information systems (GIS), which now leads to the issues of how best to integrate data, allowing for the interoperability of data developed in the different modeling systems. This issue a."@en
"Organized into four major parts, this book begins by presenting a historical overview of the issues involved in integrating GIS and AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) systems. Part II then focuses on the data issue from several viewpoints: data collection; database structures and representation; database management; and visualization. Part III covers the areas of semantics, ontology, and standardization from a theoretical perspective and details many of the best examples of this approach in developing real-world applications. The book concludes with contributions that focus on recent advances in virtual geographic environments and alternative modeling schemes for the potential AEC/GIS interface."