Towards automatic modeling of buildings in informal settlements from aerial photographs using deformable active contour models (snakes)
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2001
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University of Cape Town
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This dissertation presents a novel system for semi-automatic modeling of buildings in informal settlement areas from aerial photographs. The building extraction strategy is developed and implememed with the aim of generatinga a desk top Informal Settlement Geographic lnformation System (ISGIS) using felf developed and available PC-based GIS tools to serve novice users informal settlement areas.
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Bibliography: leaves 177-187.
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Martine, H. 2001. Towards automatic modeling of buildings in informal settlements from aerial photographs using deformable active contour models (snakes). University of Cape Town.