Virtual reality model of landmark buildings in University City UNAH based on Spatial Analysis with GIS

Abstract

Today the National Autonomous University of Honduras is promoting heavily and very significant steps the process of physical development in University City and its regional campus, in this sense the use of technology to optimize planning, management and planning is necessary of its territory for which the way of representing data and information comes to have a high degree of importance in shaping proposals and decisions. One of the representations of this type of information today has been very effective is the photorealistic 3D modeling which together with a geographic information system allows modeling of future damages to context and feasibility of projects among others.

The purpose of this project is to show by 3d modeling, interactive virtual reality tours on a Geographic Information System, regarding the state of architectural conservation of the main buildings within the campus of the National Autonomous University of Honduras which also serve to analyze and propose promote projects of Infrastructure in the process of planning master and physical development of the UNAH. The methodology includes the collection of detailed information for each building such as history, typology, plans, photographs and measurements among others, which were processed and used as input for the development of 3D models georeferenced incorporated into the GIS, the which by analysis will be processed according to the needs and the real-time manipulation and queries the model.

The models generated as a product in this project may be used by planners, technicians, restaurateurs and others, in order to make studies, analysand, reporting of projects or predictions about future plans of action within the University Campus.

Revista Ciencias Espaciales, Volumen 6, Número 2 Otoño, 2013; 76-94