METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING OBJECTS AND CLUTTER REMOVAL OF SOME THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF THE OBJECTS IN A PRESENTATION

An approach is provided for classifying objects that are present at a geo-location and providing an uncluttered presentation of images of some of the objects in an application such as a map application. The approach includes determining one or more regions of interest associated with at least one geo-location, wherein the one or more regions of interest are at least one textured three-dimensional representation of one or more objects that may be present at the at least one geo-location. The approach also includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of the at least one textured three-dimensional representation to determine at least one two-dimensional footprint and three-dimensional geometry information for the one or more objects. The approach further includes causing, at least in part, a generation of at least one two-dimensional image representation of the one or more regions of interest by causing, at least in part, a projection of three-dimensional texture information of the at least one textured three-dimensional representation onto the at least one two-dimensional footprint. The approach also includes causing, at least in part, a classification of the one or more objects based, at least in part, on the at least one two-dimensional image representation and the three-dimensional geometry information.