A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration
Previous geo-referencing approaches for building information modeling (BIM) models can be problematic due to: (a) the different interpretations of the term ‘geo-referencing’, (b) the insufficient consideration of the placement hierarchy of the industry foundation classes (IFCs), and (c) the misunder...
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| description | Previous geo-referencing approaches for building information modeling (BIM) models can be problematic due to: (a) the different interpretations of the term ‘geo-referencing’, (b) the insufficient consideration of the placement hierarchy of the industry foundation classes (IFCs), and (c) the misunderstanding that a common way to embed spatial reference information for IFC is absent. Therefore, the objective of this study is to (1) clarify the meaning of geo-referencing in the context of BIM/GIS data integration, and (2) develop a common geo-referencing approach for IFC. To achieve the goal, a systematic and thorough investigation into the IFC standard was conducted to assess the geo-referencing capability of IFC. Based on the investigation, a geo-referencing approach was established using IFC entities that are common in different IFC versions, which makes the proposed approach common to IFC. Such a geo-referencing approach supports automatic geo-referencing that would facilitate the use of BIM models in GIS, e.g., for the construction of digital twins. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-839482021-12-02T05:36:41Z A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration Zhu, Junxiang Wu, Peng Previous geo-referencing approaches for building information modeling (BIM) models can be problematic due to: (a) the different interpretations of the term ‘geo-referencing’, (b) the insufficient consideration of the placement hierarchy of the industry foundation classes (IFCs), and (c) the misunderstanding that a common way to embed spatial reference information for IFC is absent. Therefore, the objective of this study is to (1) clarify the meaning of geo-referencing in the context of BIM/GIS data integration, and (2) develop a common geo-referencing approach for IFC. To achieve the goal, a systematic and thorough investigation into the IFC standard was conducted to assess the geo-referencing capability of IFC. Based on the investigation, a geo-referencing approach was established using IFC entities that are common in different IFC versions, which makes the proposed approach common to IFC. Such a geo-referencing approach supports automatic geo-referencing that would facilitate the use of BIM models in GIS, e.g., for the construction of digital twins. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83948 10.3390/ijgi10060362 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180104026 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI AG fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Zhu, Junxiang Wu, Peng A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration |
| title | A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration |
| title_full | A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration |
| title_fullStr | A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration |
| title_short | A Common Approach to Geo-Referencing Building Models in Industry Foundation Classes for BIM/GIS Integration |
| title_sort | common approach to geo-referencing building models in industry foundation classes for bim/gis integration |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180104026 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/83948 |