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Constructing hierarchical representations of indoor spaces
KF Richter, S Winter, UJ Rületschi
Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management | Published : 2009
DOI: 10.1109/MDM.2009.117
Abstract
Indoor spaces pose many challenges for spatial information systems, amongst them appropriate spatial communication. Compared to typical outdoor spaces, indoor spaces are clustered, have a fragmented social structure, and diverse groups use the space in different ways, which results in different conceptualizations and communication needs. This paper presents a hierarchical representation of indoor spaces that accounts for different use roles. The hierarchization exploits structural, functional and organizational dimensions and allows for communicating different aspects of the space in a way tailored to the specific user groups. © 2009 IEEE.
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Funding Acknowledgements
Support by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and Group of Eight / DAAD Australia Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme is acknowledged. The reproduction of the plan in Figure 2 is with permission of the Property and Buildings Asset Data Unit, University of Melbourne