BIM-based indoor path planning considering obstacles

Conference Paper (2017)
Author(s)

Man Xu (Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture)

Shuangfeng Wei (Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture)

S Zlatanova (TU Delft - Urban Data Science)

Ruiju Zhang (Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture)

Research Group
Urban Data Science
Copyright
© 2017 Man Xu, S. Wei, S. Zlatanova, Ruiju Zhang
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-2-W4-417-2017
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Copyright
© 2017 Man Xu, S. Wei, S. Zlatanova, Ruiju Zhang
Research Group
Urban Data Science
Volume number
IV-2/W4
Pages (from-to)
417-423
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Abstract

At present, 87 % of people's activities are in indoor environment; indoor navigation has become a research issue. As the building structures for people's daily life are more and more complex, many obstacles influence humans' moving. Therefore it is essential to provide an accurate and efficient indoor path planning. Nowadays there are many challenges and problems in indoor navigation. Most existing path planning approaches are based on 2D plans, pay more attention to the geometric configuration of indoor space, often ignore rich semantic information of building components, and mostly consider simple indoor layout without taking into account the furniture. Addressing the above shortcomings, this paper uses BIM (IFC) as the input data and concentrates on indoor navigation considering obstacles in the multi-floor buildings. After geometric and semantic information are extracted, 2D and 3D space subdivision methods are adopted to build the indoor navigation network and to realize a path planning that avoids obstacles. The 3D space subdivision is based on triangular prism. The two approaches are verified by the experiments.