GIS-BASED VIEWSHED ANALYSIS ON THE CONSERVATION PLANNING OF HISTORIC TOWNS: THE CASE STUDY OF XINCHANG, SHANGHAI

This paper discuss an application of the GIS software to analysis the visual effect from specific observation points in the historic towns. The viewshed tool in GIS platforms, including ArcGIS and QGIS, are applied in order to generate observation points and viewshed maps. Dozens of key nodes are se...

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Main Authors: L. Ren, Y. Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-08-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLVI-M-1-2021/609/2021/isprs-archives-XLVI-M-1-2021-609-2021.pdf