Developing human-centered urban digital twins for community infrastructure resilience: A research agenda

X Ye, J Du, Y Han, G Newman… - Journal of Planning …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Urban digital twins (UDTs) have been identified as a potential technology to achieve digital
transformative positive urban change through landscape architecture and urban planning …

A novel method based on deep learning, GIS and geomatics software for building a 3D city model from VHR satellite stereo imagery

M Pepe, D Costantino, VS Alfio, G Vozza… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of the paper is to identify a suitable method for the construction of a 3D city model
from stereo satellite imagery. In order to reach this goal, it is necessary to build a workflow …

Scan-to-HBIM for conservation and preservation of Cultural Heritage building: the case study of San Nicola in Montedoro church (Italy)

D Costantino, M Pepe, AG Restuccia - Applied Geomatics, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The management of Cultural Heritage (CH) requires increasingly efficient, simple
and shareable tools, methods and knowledge. In this environment, a suitable procedure was …

From data to action in flood forecasting leveraging graph neural networks and digital twin visualization

NS Roudbari, SR Punekar, Z Patterson, U Eicker… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Forecasting floods encompasses significant complexity due to the nonlinear nature of
hydrological systems, which involve intricate interactions among precipitation, landscapes …

UAV photogrammetry and 3D modelling of complex architecture for maintenance purposes: The case study of the masonry bridge on the Sele river, Italy

M Pepe, D Costantino - Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 2021 - pp.bme.hu
The aim of this paper is to identify a suitable methodology to realize, in an easy and quick
way, 3D models of complex structures. To achieve this aim, the first step is to build the 3D …

Techniques, tools, platforms and algorithms in close range photogrammetry in building 3D model and 2D representation of objects and complex architectures

M Pepe, C Domenica - Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 2020 - ricerca.unich.it
The aim of this paper is to identify a suitable pipeline in order to build high-resolution 3D
models and 2D orthophotos of objects and architectural structures of particular historical and …

Parallel structure from motion for UAV images via weighted connected dominating set

S Jiang, Q Li, W Jiang, W Chen - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Incremental structure from motion (ISfM) has been widely used for unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) image orientation. Its efficiency, however, decreases dramatically due to iterative …

Influence of Image TIFF Format and JPEG Compression Level in the Accuracy of the 3D Model and Quality of the Orthophoto in UAV Photogrammetry

VS Alfio, D Costantino, M Pepe - Journal of Imaging, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study is to evaluate the degradation of the accuracy and quality of the images
in relation to the TIFF format and the different compression level of the JPEG format …

A CityGML multiscale approach for the conservation and management of cultural heritage: The case study of the old town of Taranto (Italy)

M Pepe, D Costantino, VS Alfio, MG Angelini… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article is to provide a dedicated approach to the realisation of a CityGML
model for the valorisation and the conservation of existing cultural heritage. In particular, for …

[HTML][HTML] DP-MVS: Detail preserving multi-view surface reconstruction of large-scale scenes

L Zhou, Z Zhang, H Jiang, H Sun, H Bao, G Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an accurate and robust dense 3D reconstruction system for detail
preserving surface modeling of large-scale scenes from multi-view images, which we named …