Publications

If you want or need to cite the 3DCityDB and its tools, please refer to the following publication:

3DCityDB – a 3D geodatabase solution for the management, analysis, and visualization of semantic 3D city models based on CityGML
Yao, Zhihang; Nagel, Claus; Kunde, Felix; Hudra, György; Willkomm, Philipp; Donaubauer, Andreas; Adolphi, Thomas; Kolbe, Thomas H. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, Vol. 3, No. 5, Springer International Publishing, 2018

Further publications on the 3DCityDB and its tools:

Domain Extendable 3D City Models – Management, Visualization, and Interaction
Yao, Zhihang. PhD Thesis, Technical University of Munich, 2020

3DCityDB4BIM: A System Architecture for Linking BIM Server and 3DCityDB for BIM-GIS-Integration
Hijazi, Ihab H.; Krauth, Tobias; Donaubauer, Andreas; Kolbe, Thomas H. In: Proceedings of the XXIV ISPRS Congress, ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. V-4-2020, 2020

A new Approach to Model Transformation using a Graph Transformation System
Yao, Zhihang; Kolbe, Thomas H. In: PFGK18 – Photogrammetrie – Fernerkundung – Geoinformatik – Kartographie, 37. Jahrestagung in München 2018, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation (DGPF) e.V., 2018

Dynamically Extending Spatial Databases to support CityGML Application Domain Extensions using Graph Transformations
Yao, Zhihang; Kolbe, Thomas H. in: Kulturelles Erbe erfassen und bewahren – Von der Dokumentation zum virtuellen Rundgang, 37. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF 2017. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation e.V., 316-331, 2017

Browser-basierte Visualisierung großer 3D-Stadtmodelle durch Erweiterung des Cesium Web Globe
Yao, Zhihang; Chaturvedi, Kanishk; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: Geoinformationssysteme 2016. Wichmann, 77-90, 2016

Web-based Exploration of and Interaction with Large and Deeply Structured Semantic 3D City Models using HTML5 and WebGL
Chaturvedi, Kanishk; Yao, Zhihang; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: 35. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation e.V., 2015

CityGML goes to Broadway
Kolbe, Thomas H.; Burger, Barbara; Cantzler, Berit: in: Photogrammetric Week ’15, Wichmann, 343-356, 2015

Cloud-basierter Webclient für kollaboratives Arbeiten auf semantischen 3D-Stadtmodellen
Yao, Zhihang; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: 34. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation e.V., 2014

Cloud-basierter 3D-Webclient zur kollaborativen Planung energetischer Maßnahmen am Beispiel von Berlin und London
Yao, Zhihang; Sindram, Maximilian; Kaden, Robert; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: Geoinformationssysteme 2014. Wichmann, 2014

Kopplung von 3D-Stadtmodellen mit Cloud-Diensten
Kaden, Robert; Nagel, Claus; Herreruela, Javier; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: Neue Horizonte für Geodateninfrastrukturen – Open GeoData, Mobility, 3D-Stadt, 2013

3D-Stadtmodelle in PostGIS mit der 3D City Database
Kunde, Felix; Nagel, Claus; Herrerruela, Javier; Ross, Lutz; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: Tagungsband der FOSSGIS-Konferenz, 2013

CityGML in PostGIS : Portierung, Anwendung und Performanz-Analyse am Beipiel der 3D City Database von Berlin
Kunde, Felix; Master Thesis conducted at the Department of Geography, University of Potsdam, 2013. In German only (Title in English: CityGML in PostGIS : portability, usage and performance analysis using the example of the 3D City Database of Berlin).

Value-added Services for 3D City Models using Cloud Computing
Herreruela, Javier; Nagel, Claus; Kolbe, Thomas H.: in: Konferenzband zur Tagung Geoinformatik 2012 vom 28.-30.3.2012 in Braunschweig (Berichte aus der Geoinformatik), Shaker, 2012

Die Oracle-Schnittstelle des Berliner 3D-Stadtmodells
Nagel, Claus; Stadler, Alexandra: in: Tagungsband zum Entwicklerforum Geoinformationstechnik 2008. Shaker Verlag, 197-221. 2008

Making interoperability persistent: A 3D geo database based on CityGML
Stadler, Alexandra; Nagel, Claus; König, Gerhard; Kolbe, Thomas H.; in: Lee & Zlatanova (eds.), 3D Geo-Information Sciences, Selected papers from the 3rd International Workshop on 3D Geo-Information, Seoul, Korea. LNG&C series, Springer Verlag, 175-192. 2008

Integrating versions, history and levels-of-detail within a 3D geodatabase
Gröger, Gerhard; Kolbe, Thomas H.; Schmittwilken, Jörg; Stroh, Viktor; Plümer, Lutz; in: Gröger & Kolbe (eds.): Proceedings of the 1st intern. ISPRS/EuroSDR/DGPF Workshop on Next Generation 3D City Models in Bonn, EuroSDR Publication #49, 2005

Presentations

Working with Semantic 3D City Models over the Web – 3D Web Client based on the 3D City Database for CityGML
Yao, Zhihang; Chaturvedi, Kanishk; Kolbe, Thomas H.; given at the 20th International Web3D 2015 Conference on Web3D Technology in Heraklion, Crete, Greece 18-21 June 2015

Deploying 3D City Models for Urban and Metropolitan Planning
Herreruela, Javier; Kolbe, Thomas H.; Nagel, Claus; König, Gerhard; Lorenz, Alexandra; Naderi, Babak; given at the Oracle Spatial User Conference 2012. Washington DC, May 23rd, 2012

CityGML DBMS storage – 3DCityDB implementation
Herreruela, Javier; Kolbe, Thomas H.; Nagel, Claus; König, Gerhard; given at the workshop 100% CityGML 2011. TU Delft, March 14th, 2011

KML/COLLADA Export – 3DCityDB Import/Export Tool extension
Herreruela, Javier; Kolbe, Thomas H.; given at the workshop 100% CityGML 2011. TU Delft, March 14th, 2011

Information on CityGML

Tutorials on 3DCityDB and CityGML

Have a look at presentations about the 3DCityDB and the browser-based 3D geovisualization. The presentations were performed in 2016 by Zhihang Yao and Kanishk Chaturvedi and are freely available here, including the course materials.

Enjoy presentations about CityGML and Urban Information Modeling, the 3D City Database, and the Importer/Exporter as an online lecture, provided by the TU Delft. Start the stream here