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3d Visualization For Urban Earthquake Risk, S. Kemec, S. Duzgun Jun 2006

3d Visualization For Urban Earthquake Risk, S. Kemec, S. Duzgun

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Visualization is the graphical presentation of information, with the goal of improving the viewer’s understanding of the information contents. As today’s world is getting richer in information, visualization of the information is important for effective communication and decision making. In this study, generation of a 3D city model in CAD environment and its use in a spatial decision support system for earthquake risk in an urban area is presented. As CAD products’ quality is more enhanced than the other tools the 3D city model is generated in CAD environment. In CAD environment, a 2D building foot print vector layer is …