a r t i c l e i n f o Building emergencies, especially structure fires, are threats to the safety of both building occupants and first responders. It is difficult and dangerous for first responders to perform search and rescue in an unfamiliar environment , sometimes leading to secondary casualties. One way to reduce such hazards is to provide first re-sponders with timely access to accurate lo...

Urban densification and preservation of soil are a much discussed topics on which there is still little detailed research. In Switzerland these concepts are also acknowledged by visions and regulations at the federal level together with the importance of increasing energy supply by renewable energy sources and reducing the energy demand in-primis of existing building. The scientific community i...

Several recent studies have shown that airborne laser scanning (ALS) of urban areas delivers valuable information for 3D city modelling and map updating. Building footprint detection from multi-temporal ALS lacks in comparability because of changing ALS flight parameters, flying season, interpolation settings if digital elevation models are used, and the ability of the used building detection m...