Enhanced Platform for Building Information Modeling to Improve Reality

In order to improve the mobility and practicality of Building Information Models (BIM), a framework using a multimedia device, a global positioning system (GPS) and inclinometer is proposed. The GPS receiver provides location and an inclinometer measures angle of slope, both inclines and declines, of an observer. Based on these two additional inputs, the proposed system displays a BIM element on the real world picture as seen by an observer looking upward or downward. It would improve the practicality of BIM models during the planning phase, the mobility of the model during the construction, and operations, throughout maintenance phases.