3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase

Author: cperey@perey.com

  • The First 3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase Event

    On June 11 it was a warm afternoon when we all boarded taxis in front of the WMO lobby and promptly got stuck in a huge traffic jam in the center city. 

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    After nearly 45 minutes during which some groups abandoned their taxis and walked along the shore of Lake Geneva to La Tour de Molard, everyone arrived safely at the meeting point.

    At the Tour de Molard we were joined by several others who had come from other parts of the city. We reorganized into teams and the 8 tablets (6 TegraNote 7 + 2 Google Nexus 7) connected to the Huawei mobile Internet access point provided by Scott Simmons (Laramie Range and CACI).

    We then skipped the planned first demonstration and rushed up the stairs and pedestrian streets to the Hotel de Ville.IMG_2423

    We needed to reach the Hotel de Ville as soon as possible in order to conduct the demonstration of Inglobe Technology 3D Tracker on the interior staircase before the doors to the courtyard were to close to the public at 7 PM.

     

     

     

     

    After a brief introduction to the project prepared for us to experience horses in the interior staircase, everyone was able to see the project on the iPad which did not need to be Internet connected. Unfortunately, this project (unlike all the others) is not available on the Showcase tablets but everyone had a quick look. IMG_2428IMG_2432If you missed the demonstration, you can see the screenshots here.IMG_4520 IMG_4522

    We then walked through the tables of the guests dinning peacefully at the Hotel des Armures on our way to the balcony overlooking the place in front of the Cathedrale St. Pierre. Here we were undisturbed, cool and our target was brightly lit. In the shadow of the building, it was dark so that we could see the tablet screens clearly. IMG_4607 IMG_4609 IMG_4611

    Under these conditions, we conducted the demonstrations of six showcase projects: 

     – the smartMap Geneva project and Geneva 3D SDI using the 3D models of the buidlings as well as other data sets
     – the CitiesAR Geneva project which shows the 3D models of Geneva attached to the map of the showcase event
     – the i-SCOPE project using the 3D buildings in CityGML 
     – the DiscovAR game using Points of Interest in the city center and
     – the visualization of Geneva city mobile antennas using Swiss OpenData sets in the Chrome browser.

    In addition and despite some difficulty with connectivity, we tested the 3D AR visualization capabilities of Augment (available on both Android and iOS) using the 3D model of the cathedral (it is the only model which is labelled "cathedrale").   

      IMG_2440    IMG_2443Our next stop was the terrace overlooking the Parc des Bastions.

    At this location the sun's angle was low and the light directly on us so we backed into the shade of trees where we were shown the demonstration of Envitia's MapLink project using city building models, water supply, and tree data sets with GeoPackage and GeoContext files to control the data layers in view.

    We concluded with a toast with fine Swiss wines to the success of the developers and projects in the Parc des Bastions.IMG_2450

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Although some people had already taken leave of the event, we captured a group photo of the participants in front of the Reformation Wall.IMG_2454

     

     

    Thank you to all the sponsors for their support, the developers for their projects and the participants for the enthusiasm for the event.

  • Individual Project Web Pages

    Over the past week, as we have been working with developers who developed projects, we have learned of the great accomplishments with such talented people and their tools. 

    Today we completed the first draft of the project Web pages. They are easily accessible from this project directory page. 

    In the coming week we will update the pages in order to capture all the achievements.

  • Project Testing Completed

    On June 5th, we loaded all the projects submitted on deadline on the TegraNote 7 tablets and started them up. As you can expect, there were a few surprises, but after contacting the developers we sorted out most of the issues. We also installed the ARMedia ToolSet on the iPhone.

    Then we took the tablets and iPhone into the old city of Geneva for a test drive of the preliminary projects. We discovered some anomolies and we revised our route (new route map coming on the site soon). 

    After our testing we provided feedback to the developers and they are rapidly finalizing their projects for the showcase event on June 11. 

    Join us at 18h00 in front of the WMO buildng lobby to see the live applications in Geneva! 

  • ARmedia Promotes the Showcase

    Inglobe Technologies, provider of ARmedia tools, has published a blog post about the 3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase and their participation. 

    The project submitted by Inglobe Technologies will focus on adding digital "living" elements to the Hotel de Ville of Geneve, a historical monument in the heart of the old city.  This will demonstrate the latest ARMedia 3D SDK.

  • Metaio Promotes 3DGVA on its Augmented Blog

    We've worked with providers of AR authoring platforms to get the word out about the 3D Geospatial Geneva Showcase. This week we are featured on Metaio's Augmented Blog. 

    We are only 10 days away from our deadline for project submissions. If you have a community of people you think should know about this showcase, please don't hesitate to share!