CI P A 2003 XIX 11 ’ International Symposium, 30 September - 04 October, 2003, Antalya, Turkey
CitYoft Vienna
World
Heritage
Figure 7: 3D urban model of Vienna
Data acquistion of
roofs with staff of
MA 41 - and tests
with private
engineers
Geodata in Practice
“Innere Stadt”
(1 st District of
City of
Vienna)
June 2003
New projects of construction have to be considered care
fully when historical sites are affected. In Vienna there is
currently an intensive discussion about the project „Wien
Mitte“; it is about constructing several high-rise buildings
in a buffer zone to the city, the highest of which is
planned to be 97m tall (Klotz/Zunke, 2002). In discussing
the project with UNESCO's World Heritage Committee,
the 3D urban model of Vienna provides valuable infor
mation and attractive visualizations. The publication cited
above describes the points of view of the Magistrate of
Vienna; there, one can read the following: „All analyses
and visualizations relating to architectonics and monu
ment protection, in particular, the visibility analysis on
the basis of a 3D urban model developed on the basis of
scientific criteria, show that the visual integrity of the old
historic center of Vienna is not endangered by the project.
Technical Statement: Nowadays in applying photo-
grammetry it is possible to create 3D urban models with
different levels of detail and of accuracy.
Financial Statement: Inclusion in the World Heritage
List of the UNESCO initializes and finances numerous
activities involving technology belonging to the realm of
ISPRS.
10. Closing Remarks
The ISPRS represents nowadays a wide field of methods
and of technology. In this paper I have tried to take a fast
look at this field. The methods and techniques mentioned
are at disposal of the ICOMOS community. At the same
time, the tasks and requirements as formulated by the
ICOMOS yield impulses for further research and devel
opment by the ISPRS in its realm of methods and tech
nology. CIPA with its RecorDIM initiative intensifies
this communication and knowledge transfer in both direc
tions - from ICOMOS to ISPRS and vice versa.
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