Discovery of historical Tainan: a digital approach

This paper depicts the use of computers in the urban studies, and provides a digital way of understanding historical buildings and the relations with the city. ADiscovery of Historical TainanB is a joint project among historians and Ž . computer-aided design CAD researchers to preserve historical evidences of the central city of Tainan by using computer visual simulation. The importance of historical scenes is revealed by the efforts of integration with digital information and models. The process of modeling and the issues of computer visual simulation in the large-scale urban models are presented. q 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.