Urban Morphological Database for Paris, France: MEGAPOLI Project Scientific Report 10-02

Pauli Sievinen, Antti Hellsten, Jaan Praks, Jarkko Koskinen, Jaakko Kukkonen

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Abstract

In this report a morphological database created for the megacity of Paris, France is described. The database can be used e.g. in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models, air quality models and other atmospheric models as a detailed information source of the urban area of Paris. The database is mostly based on remote sensed data. The database has two resolution levels. The surface area for high resolution area is 6x3 km2 covering only a small portion of central Paris centered on Place d’Italie, and 13x10 km2 respectively with coarser resolution covering the interiors of the Paris beltway (Boulevard Périphérique) and also some of its surroundings. The database is created using optical images, digital maps and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry. The sources of optical images and digital maps are public internet map services, Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth. The SAR images are obtained from the ASAR instrument on board on European Space Agency’s (ESA) Envisat satellite. Another public source for the morphological database is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) database. The database consists of several layers. These layers hold information about streets and roads, parks and cemeteries, water bodies, buildings, trees, digital terrain-elevation model as well as building height.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherAlexander Mahura
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)978-87-992924-5-5
Publication statusPublished - 2010
MoE publication typeD4 Published development or research report or study

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