Voxel-Based Urban Microclimate Engine (VUME)
Plugin ID: 5048
VUME (Voxel-Based Urban Microclimate Engine) is a QGIS plugin designed to transform urban spatial data into microclimate intelligence using voxel-based modeling.
It enables advanced analysis of thermal comfort, solar exposure, sky view factor, green visibility, and shading dynamics derived from urban morphology, terrain, and vegetation structure.
The plugin integrates spatial modeling and analytical visualization into a unified workflow for urban microclimate assessment and planning decision support.
It includes:
1. Voxel-Based Urban Analyzer for generating microclimate indicators from spatial datasets.
2. Interactive Web Viewer for 3D exploration of urban form, terrain, and environmental indicators.
3. Analytical Outputs including physical-unit indicators such as SVF, GVI, GHI, and shadow metrics.
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VUME provides a lightweight yet powerful framework for urban microclimate analysis by bridging voxel-based spatial modeling with planning-oriented decision support.
The system enables proxy-based environmental intelligence derived from commonly available GIS datasets, supporting applications in urban planning, climate-sensitive design, and spatial policy evaluation.
Conceptually inspired by the voxel-based urban modeling framework introduced in VoxCity (Fujiwara et al., 2026), and extended toward urban microclimate intelligence, spatial analytics, and decision-support systems.
