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CityLLM framework enables natural-language querying of 3D city models

Researchers have developed CityLLM, a framework designed to enable natural-language querying of semantic 3D city models and related urban datasets. This system integrates spatial and graph databases within an LLM-based workflow, facilitating iterative query refinement and cross-database chaining. Evaluations on a Rotterdam CityJSON dataset demonstrated high performance, with answer correctness reaching up to 100% and a 100% query success rate across various scenarios. AI

IMPACT This framework could streamline access to complex urban data for researchers and non-experts, potentially accelerating urban planning and analysis.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a research paper detailing a new framework for querying 3D city models.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Rabindra Lamsal, Sisi Zlatanova, Johnson Xuesong Shen ·

    CityLLM: A framework for natural-language querying of semantic 3D city models

    arXiv:2607.14542v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Semantic 3D city models provide rich geometric and semantic information, but remain challenging for non-experts and interdisciplinary researchers to access and query due to their complex structures and specialized data formats. To a…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Johnson Xuesong Shen ·

    CityLLM: A framework for natural-language querying of semantic 3D city models

    Semantic 3D city models provide rich geometric and semantic information, but remain challenging for non-experts and interdisciplinary researchers to access and query due to their complex structures and specialized data formats. To address this issue, we present CityLLM, a framewo…