Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (9): 1584-1594.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2023.20220082

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Vector reconstruction algorithm for building footprints orientation calculation and regularization

LIU Changzhen1,2,3, MA Wei2,4, MA Hong1,2,3, WEI Shixuan1,2,3   

  1. 1. Chongqing Institute of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, Chongqing 401121, China;
    2. Technology Innovation Center for Spatio-temporal Information and Equipment of Intelligent City, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chongqing 401121, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Monitoring, Evaluation and Early Warning of Territorial Spatial Planning Implementation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Chongqing 401147, China;
    4. School of Smart City, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
  • Received:2022-02-14 Revised:2023-04-19 Published:2023-10-12
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China (No. 42001324);The National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos. 2018YFB0505400;2021YFB2600600);Chongqing Natural Science Foundation(No. cstc2021jcyj-msxmX1147);Chongqing Talent Plan (No. cstc2022ycjh-bgzxm0229)

Abstract: Building footprints regularization is an elementary and preliminary work of urban spatial information extraction and application. Currently, most of the existing methods are applicable for buildings with a single orientation, whereas not suitable for complex building with multi-orientations, let alone architectural complexes. In this paper, we propose a vector reconstruction based method to calculate the orientation of the building, which is then taken as a constraint to regularize the building footprint. Firstly, we design a vector reconstruction principle. We group and transform the footprints vectors, calculate the orientation, and correct the right angle to obtain the orientation vectors of the building footprints. Then, we use the orientation vector as a constraint to determine the rotation base point. Finally, the regularization of the building footprint can be achieved by adjusting the node coordinates. Compared with the main orientation method, the experimental results show that the proposed method performs better in algorithm stability and node coordinate moving distance. The error of original data can be further reduced by regularization method. Through the proposed method, the footprints orientation calculation and regularization of complex building and architectural complexes can be effectively accomplished.

Key words: vector reconstruction, building footprints, orientation calculation, building regularization, total least squares

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