Experts’ Voices: Sum – es – est – SUMO – estis – sunt
How often do you get a chance to talk first-hand to the brain behind an established product with worldwide impact? Well, we did and had a great chat with Jakob Erdmann, chief designer, developer, support etc. of the open-source tool Simulation of Urban MObility...
To Build the Smartest and the most Interoperable Map in/about the World
Recently two announcements caught our attention: TomTom wants to build the smartest map in the world and the Linux Foundation wants to build interoperable open map data. Let’s look behind the scenes...
Tracking Tracks
We visited the InnoTrans 2022 to get an update about the state of affairs regarding geodata in railway domain...
Expert Talk with Brad Templeton: No standard answer!
How would you feel if you were chasing for the holy grail and then someone came around the corner and told you that it’s not holy at all?...
Expert Talk: The Unfolded Truth Becomes a Tangible Asset
When we first heard about automatic Unfolding of CityGML Buildings to Paper Models, we were originally set back to this childhood mindset. But soon we learned that there are current use cases that might make a (literally) lightweight conversion of digital 3d models into scaled real-world 3d models an...
Expert Talk with TrianGraphics: Building a Better World
In late November 2021, we enjoyed a web-meeting with Stephan Kußmaul, managing shareholder of TrianGraphics GmbH, Berlin. Read more about our insights into data formats, terrain generation etc....
Expert Talk with SIMETRA: A Vast and Open Field
Russia is huge. Our knowledge about its mobility sector is small. Time for a change...
One Format to Rule the World?
More and more use cases need the environment next to the road. Let's see if there is a format that can do both: detailed road description as well as the surroundings...
Expert Interview: Christian Rahmig of German Aerospace Center on railML and Digital Twins for the Railway Industry
Our series of expert interviews continues: this time, Christian Rahmig of German Aerospace Center shares his thoughts on data formats, digital twins and the railway industry...
Format War: Every Format for Itself
We have to talk about the various amount of data formats, stakeholders re-inventing the wheel and the most important participant in this war without knowing it...