Call for Papers for a Special Issue of
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU) on
     
Building Detection and Reconstruction from Aerial Images  

Automated methods for reliable 3-D reconstruction of man-made objects
are essential to many users and providers of 3-D city data, including
urban planners, architects, and telecommunication and environmental
engineers. Manual 3-D processing of aerial images is time consuming
and requires the expertise of highly qualified personnel. Therefore,
the necessity to interpret, classify and quantitatively process aerial
images in a semi- or fully automatic mode and to integrate the results
into CAD- and spatial information systems is more urgent than ever. An
important class of man-made object consists of buildings, such as
residential houses, industrial buildings, and garages. Their detection
and reconstruction may involve several processing components such as:
feature extraction, matching, 2-D and 3-D grouping, color and object
modeling, geometric reasoning, visualization, and photogrammetric
techniques.  

This special issue of the Computer Vision and Image Understanding will
be a forum to present recent research results on building detection
and 3-D reconstruction from aerial images. Topics addressed will include:
* 3-D feature extraction
* Grouping of object parts  
* Use of object models
* Multi-sensor approaches  
* Matching of 3-D features to models
* GIS-supported extraction  
* Visualisation techniques
* Degree and art of human intervention  
* Incorporation of geometric sensor models and photogrammetric techniques   

We expect the special issue to appear early 1998. Guest editors of the
special issue are Prof. Ramakant Nevatia (USC) and Prof. Armin Gruen (ETH). 

Submission Deadline: April 14, 1997 

Submission procedure: 

Interested authors are invited to submit original papers  to this
issue. The manuscript should be in accordance to the procedures of the
Computer Vision and Image Understanding (CVIU). Please send five
copies of the complete manuscript to:
  
  Prof. Dr. Armin Gruen
  Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry 
  ETH-Hoenggerberg
  CH-8093 Zuerich
  Switzerland 
  tel: +41 1 633 3038 
  fax: +41 1 633 1101 
  email: ascona@geod.ethz.ch