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3D City Modelling of Istanbul
The Turkish city of Istanbul is developing a 3D city model mainly aimed at urban planning. The data sources used so far include airborne Lidar, aerial images and 2D maps containing footprints of build...
Monitoring 3D Urban Growth: An Innovative Approach Integrating Lidar Processing with Machine Learning
Automated measurement of the third dimension of urban growth is a crucial requirement for future urban planning and monitoring. Airborne Lidar is increasingly being used to produce regular time-based ...
A New Generation of City Models for Helsinki
3D city models of Helsinki, Finland’s capital and regional centre, have been created and are being used to promote commercial research and development. The initiative has been made possible by leve...
On-the-fly decision support in flood management
This integrated flood simulation and visualization system provides answers on the fly and presents 3D visualizations that even non-experts can understand. In flood and storm water management, simulati...
Point Clouds and Smart Cities
The ‘smart city’ concept entirely relies on a permanent stream of massive amounts of data acquired by a great variety of sensors distributed throughout the city. Smart use of all this data require...
Urban Energy Modelling - Semantic 3D City Data as Virtual and Augmented Reality
The visualisation of results from urban energy modelling and simulation is a crucial part of energy research as it is the main communication tool among scientists, engineers and decision-makers. Energ...
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Emergency planners map Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 3D
Marking the first time the iconic British seaside amusement park has been digitally mapped at this level of detail, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has created a detailed 3D model of Blackpool Plea...
Ecopia launches self-service platform for high-precision geospatial data downloads
To address inefficiencies in the sourcing and maintenance of up-to-date geospatial information, Ecopia AI has launched an online data portal. The self-service platform streamlines access to high-preci...
Busan and LX extend digital twin partnership to scale urban innovation
Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, is doubling down on digital innovation for urban management. The city has agreed to extend its partnership with Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporati...
Varanasi Smart City 3D digital twin project wins Indian urban development award
Genesys International Corporation Ltd has announced that its Varanasi Smart City 3D Digital Twin project has been awarded the SKOCH Award (Gold) 2025 in the Urban Development category under the e-Gove...
Mapping a new town with 3D digital twin technology
Skytech Cambridge has captured more than 40,000 high-resolution aerial photographs to put a new housing development on the map in the UK. The company then used the images to build a true-to-scale 3D d...
Geospatial governance as a national asset in Côte d’Ivoire
In a recent interview with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Fernand Bale, director of CIGN within BNETD and former co-chair of UN-GGIM, outlined national priorities and global ambitions in Côte ...
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