Extending 3DCityDB with Oracle AI Database Support and LLM-Based Natural Language Interfaces

Yao, Zhihang; Patenge, Karin; Gong, Huiling; Nagel, Claus; Kolbe, Thomas H.

doi:10.5194/isprs-archives-L-4-W2-2026-253-2026

Towards Formalizing Scenario Modeling in Semantic 3D City Models

Thomas Fröch, Korbinian Kringer, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XII-4-W1-2026, 129–136, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XII-4-W1-2026-129-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-XII-4-W1-2026-129-2026, 2026

Design and Implementation of an AR System for Real-Time Urban Model Editing and Visualization

Cephas B. Mwimangire, Mohammad Hosseingholizadeh, Hamidreza Ostadabbas, and Zhihang Yao

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLIX-B4-2026, 71–80, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B4-2026-71-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B4-2026-71-2026, 2026

Graph-based Analysis and Visualization of Metadata in the Context of Urban Digital Twins

Marija Knezevic, Felix Fuchsloch, Andreas Donaubauer, and Thomas H. Kolbe

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-4-W19-2025, 71–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W19-2025-71-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W19-2025-71-2026, 2026

The New 3D City Database 5.0 - Advancing 3D City Data Management based on CityGML 3.0

Zhihang Yao, Claus Nagel, Murat Kendir, Bruno Willenborg, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 241–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-241-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-241-2025, 2025

Introducing server-side support for 3DCityDB 5.0 to the 3DCityDB-Tools plug-in for QGIS

Bing-Shiuan Tsai, Giorgio Agugiaro, Camilo Leon-Sanchez, Claus Nagel, and Zhihang Yao

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 193–200, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-193-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-193-2025, 2025

Automatic Enrichment of Semantic 3D City Models using Large Language Models

Khaoula Kanna and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 105–112, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-105-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-105-2025, 2025

CityGML 3.0 as a Hub: Integrating BIM, GIS, and Point Cloud Data for 3D Streetspace Modeling Comprising Roads, Bridges and Tunnels

Zihan Deng, Ihab Hijazi, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 65–72, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-65-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-65-2025, 2025

Automatic Transformation of Semantic 2D Lane Models into 3D CityGML Representations

Zihan Deng, Ihab Hijazi, Christof Beil, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W6-2025, 57–64, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-57-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W6-2025-57-2025, 2025

Advanced User Interaction with Urban Digital Twins using Large Language Models

Khaoula Kanna and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-G-2025, 469–476, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-469-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-469-2025, 2025

FacaDiffy: Inpainting unseen facade parts using diffusion models

Thomas Fröch, Olaf Wysocki, Yan Xia, Junyu Xie, Benedikt Schwab, Daniel Cremers, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-G-2025, 261–268, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-261-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-G-2025-261-2025, 2025

Reviewing Open Data Semantic 3D City Models to Develop Novel 3D Reconstruction Methods

Olaf Wysocki, Benedikt Schwab, Christof Beil, Christoph Holst, and Thomas H. Kolbe

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVIII-4-2024, 493–500, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-2024-493-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-2024-493-2024, 2024

Enriching Thermal Point Clouds of Buildings using Semantic 3D building Models

Jingwei Zhu, Olaf Wysocki, Christoph Holst, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W5-2024, 341–348, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W5-2024-341-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W5-2024-341-2024, 2024

Optimizing Urban Layout: A System Dynamics, Artificial Intelligence, and 3D Urban Information Model Approach for Active Management of City Complexity

Hanbin Wang, Ihab Hijazi, Andreas Donaubauer, and Thomas H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W5-2024, 317–324, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W5-2024-317-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W5-2024-317-2024, 2024

MANAGING URBAN DIGITAL TWINS WITH AN EXTENDED CATALOG SERVICE

M. Knezevic, A. Donaubauer, M. Moshrefzadeh, and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W3-2022, 119–126, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-119-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W3-2022-119-2022, 2022

VALIDATION OF PARAMETRIC OPENDRIVE ROAD SPACE MODELS

B. Schwab and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W2-2022, 257–264, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-257-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-257-2022, 2022

PATH-TRACING SEMANTIC NETWORKS TO INTERPRET CHANGES IN SEMANTIC 3D CITY MODELS

S. H. Nguyen and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W2-2022, 217–224, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-217-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-217-2022, 2022

DEEP LEARNING FOR SEMANTIC 3D CITY MODEL EXTENSION: MODELING ROOF SUPERSTRUCTURES USING AERIAL IMAGES FOR SOLAR POTENTIAL ANALYSIS

S. Krapf, B. Willenborg, K. Knoll, M. Bruhse, and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W2-2022, 161–168, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-161-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-161-2022, 2022

URBAN GROWTH SIMULATION USING URBAN DYNAMICS AND CITYGML: A USE CASE FROM THE CITY OF MUNICH

I. Hijazi, A. Donaubauer, A. Hamm, A. Falkenstein, and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W2-2022, 97–104, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-97-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-97-2022, 2022

SEMANTICALLY ENRICHED VOXELS AS A COMMON REPRESENTATION FOR COMPARISON AND EVALUATION OF 3D BUILDING MODELS

M. Heeramaglore and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W2-2022, 89–96, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-89-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-89-2022, 2022

DYNAMIC AND WEB-BASED 4D VISUALIZATION OF STREETSPACE ACTIVITIES DERIVED FROM TRAFFIC SIMULATIONS AND SEMANTIC 3D CITY MODELS

C. Beil, M. Kendir, R. Ruhdorfer, and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., X-4-W2-2022, 29–36, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-29-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-X-4-W2-2022-29-2022, 2022

INTEGRATION OF 3D POINT CLOUDS WITH SEMANTIC 3D CITY MODELS – PROVIDING SEMANTIC INFORMATION BEYOND CLASSIFICATION

C. Beil, T. Kutzner, B. Schwab, B. Willenborg, A. Gawronski, and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., VIII-4-W2-2021, 105–112, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-VIII-4-W2-2021-105-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-VIII-4-W2-2021-105-2021, 2021

MODELLING CHANGES, STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR RELATIONS IN SEMANTIC 3D CITY MODELS

S. H. Nguyen and T. H. Kolbe

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., VIII-4-W2-2021, 137–144, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-VIII-4-W2-2021-137-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-VIII-4-W2-2021-137-2021, 2021

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