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Overview The CityGML standard defines a conceptual model and exchange format for the representation, storage and exchange of virtual 3D city models. It facilitates the…
| Document title | Version | OGC Doc No. | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) Part 2: GML Encoding Standard | 3.0 | 21-006r2 | IS |
| OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) Part 1: Conceptual Model Standard | 3.0 | 20-010 | IS |
| OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) 3.0 Conceptual Model Users Guide | 3.0 | 20-066 | UG |
| OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) Encoding Standard | 2.0 | 12-019 | IS |
| OpenGIS® City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) Encoding Standard | 1.0 | 08-007r1 | IS |
CityGML datasets (and 3D city models in further representations and data formats):
Awesome CityGML – List of international Open Data 3D city models
Cities/regions around the world with open datasets
Note, that these files can still change until the official release of the CityGML 3.0 GML Encoding specification (they have been stable now since 2020, though)
Open-Source CityGML 3D Semantical Building Models in 2020
Test datasets in all Levels-of-Detail
OGC managed list of implementations for CityGML
CityGML Wiki with lists of commercial software, freeware, and Open Source software and tools
OGC Community Standard CityJSON 1.0, a JSON-based encoding for CityGML 2.0
Provided by the SIG 3D of the German National Spatial Data Infrastructure GDI-DE) with recommendations on object structuring, geometry validation procedures, and data acquisition rules
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