On Wednesday, July 29th - the opening session of the Academic Track (9:30am - 10:15am) will be presented by Thomas H. Kolbe and Sisi Zlatanova.

More detail: Digital cityscapes are investigated in different research domains like geoinformation sciences and photogrammetry (GIS), computer graphics and computer vision, and computer aided architectural design (BIM). In the opening session the different origins, their corresponding modeling approaches and their interrelationships will be reviewed, being a key motivation for the Academic Track.

Furthermore, the use of virtual city and landscape models for disaster management will be highlighted and an introduction to the corresponding ISPRS working groups will be given.