BIM in the City
Apart from the road we are also dealing with the representation of the rest of the environment and we talked about the usage of CityGML and BIM for that. Nevertheless, the difference still was not quite clear and that's why we tackle this task once and for all...
Experts’ Voices: Hacks and the City
With the introduction of concepts like Smart Cities it became necessary to connect information across the silos in which they were held. One solution is to extend existing formats beyond their original purpose and, thus, have them aggregate concepts and information from other domains...
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...