Web3D city modeling competition

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PRIZE: The winner will receive financial support (500$) and free registration to attend the 20th International Web3D 2015 Conference on Web3D Technology in Heraklion, Crete Greece 18-21 June 2015.

Solution Criteria:

1. Open Software solution to stream a large 3D city model including textured buildings, terrain, sensor, and model data.
2. The Solution should be a browser based Web Service.
3. The client side should be able to select individual features (a building) and display further information about the selected feature.
4. The Web Service and the streaming protocol have to be documented and open.
5. For the streaming, an existing data format such as X3DOM, XML3D, and KML can be used; other open solutions will also be accepted.
6. Streaming should not be a “black box” and should enable interoperability.

Source data:

1. All Competitors must use the same source data of Rotterdam City
2. CityGML data files for Rotterdam
3. Terrain data from ETOPO or local terrain model
4. Any freely accessible data (water level, weather forecast, or other sensor/model data)
5. Maps and other features can be added on top of the terrain. These can be integrated as OGC Services.

Criteria for judging will be based on:

• Creativity in addressing a use case,
• Loading performance,
• Interactive performance,
• Diversity of data rendered,
• Interoperability and openness of the solution

How to submit your work to the Web3D City Modelling Competition
Please include a short description and the following with your submission:
Submitting Authors / Developers
Name, email, affiliation
Student (PhD, Master/Bachelor) at German University (yes/no)
Young German Startup Company (yes/no) *[1]

Please highlight the following (max. 500 words)

How did you implement the client?

• WebGL, using a JavaScript lib such as x3dom.js,
• XML3D.js, three.js, etc.,
• just images due to server side rendering

Do you support a tiling scheme?

• What is the size of the tiles?
• Do you support a hierarchical tiling?

How do you transfer the data from the server to the client?

Please give a short description of the streaming protocol (if applicable)

Which browser (version) did you use to test the application?

Did you include some special data sources / special features you would like to highlight?

Link to the website of your contribution

• We will promote the winning entry on the Web3D.org website with a link to your project.
• Please submit the link to your project.
• You may also submit a short video.

Submission:
Deadline: April 15, 2015
Submit document to: volker.coors@hft-stuttgart.de

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