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