Urban Horizon
A Technical Report on the Development of a Web Application for Sky View Factor Calculation
Vasileios Bouzas (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Rob de Groot (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Melika Sajadianjaghargh (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Nikos Tzounakos (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Teng Wu (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
Alexander Wandl – Mentor (TU Delft - Environmental Technology and Design)
Tom Commandeur – Mentor (TU Delft - Urban Data Science)
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Abstract
In this report, we briefly summarize the methodology behind the development of a web application for the municipality of the Hague. This application was developed by a group of students during the Synthesis Project (academic period 2017-2018) of the MSc Geomatics programme of TU Delft University, the Netherlands. The main purpose of this application is the estimation of Sky View Factor (SVF), a necessary element for modern urban planning. To calculate SVF, the methodology used is based on 3D point clouds in order to incorporate the urban environment in its entirety (including vegetation). Development of the webpage, along with use for different location across the Hague, have shown that this approach provides a fast and at the same time, quite accurate calculation for SVF.