Since we presented about the showcase to the CityGML Standard Working Group, we’ve divided the 2.4GB data archive provided to us by the SITG and prepared individual archives for each domain. These are now hosted on the Showcase portal. After agreeing to the terms of use, each developer must download and examine the files locally and separately. Determining […]
The SITG has provided a data set of buildings that have been scanned with LiDAR at LOD 3 to 50 cm accuracy. Click on this link to download the full list of buildings. We are particularly excited about the opportunities to scan and create special projects on and in the Hotel de Ville of Geneva. The […]
There's getting to be a lot of information on this portal. I've been asked to provide some suggestions for how to begin. Here's the recommend steps: – Visit the data sets and model overview page – Get familiar with the Showcase zones – Get SITG data set details by clicking on […]
We are delighted to welcome NVIDIA as a partner of the 3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase. NVIDIA will provide the Tegra Note 7 tablets on which all the Showcase projects will be loaded between June 2 and June 5. NVIDIA's Tegra Note 7 is designed using NVIDIA's reference architecture by its OEM partners. Please consult its specifications […]
On Thursday May 8, we walked in the Showcase Event zone and took photos of buidlings and city features (staircases, murals) along the route we will take on June 11. The photos were taken on the NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 that we will use for the showcase event. Click here to download zip file with all […]
Next week the leaders in geospatial technology are meeting in the city of Geneva during the Geospatial World Forum. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the state of the art in geospatial data capture, analysis and visualization. There are stands in an exhibition area and a very full agenda of presentations. Thursday, May […]
On April 28, we were able to attend the Work Plan Symposium of the Group on Earth Observations. During these sessions we learned about current activities to make geospatial information more accessible. The primary target users of the GEOSS (GEO System of Systems) are researchers and policy makers, however, we can imagine how, in the future, the […]
There are only 7 weeks until the opening of the OGC Geneva Technical Committee meeting on June 10. That's also the day we are going to load the Showcase projects on Android tablets in preparation for the event on June 12. Today we launched the Showcase outreach campaign with targeted e-mail over 100 developers, to partners and […]
Today we briefed the co-chair of the OGC CityGML Standards Working Group, Steve Smyth, about the 3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase and were invited to present on Tuesday April 29, 2014 to the members of the CityGML Standards Working Group during their weekly meeting. The CityGML SWG participants are amongst some of the most active in the world in the […]
The 3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase is made possible by the contributions and support of organizations that share common vision and can invest their resources towards the successful definition, refinement and acheivement of Showcase goals. The first two organizations from which we requested data sets were immediately responsive and ready to explore how they could help with […]