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authors
Chiu, Mao-Lin and Lan, Ju-Hung
year
1998
title
Discovery of Historical Tainan: A Digital Approach
CAADRIA ‘98 [Proceedings of The Third Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 4-907662-009] Osaka (Japan) 22-24 April 1998, pp. 113-122
summary
This paper depicts the use of computers in the urban studies, and provides a
digital way of understanding historical buildings. "Discovery of Historical Tainan" is a
joint project among historians and CAD researchers to use a digital approach to
preserve historical evidences of the central city of Tainan. The importance of historical
scenes is revealed by the efforts of integration with digital information and models.
Furthermore, the level of abstraction and accuracy in the large-scale urban models are
examined. The result demonstrates that the ability of foreseeing the future changes can
be enhanced by the digital approach.