Establishing a national 3D geo-data model for building data compliant to CityGML: Case of Turkey

This paper presents the generation of the 3D national building geo-data model of Turkey, which is compatible with the international OGC CityGML Encoding Standard. We prepare an ADE named CityGML-TRKBIS.BI that is produced by extending existing thematic modules of CityGML according to TRKBIS needs. All thematic data groups in TRKBIS geo-data...

Quest for a global standard for geo-data licenses

The ability to share geo?data is key to the success of spatial data infrastructures. A major barrier in sharing geo?data is the use of non?standard Licenses which are difficult to understand both for human beings and computers. This article compares existing (national and international) licensing frameworks as to the key components they share....

Maps4Science - National Roadmap for Large-Scale Research Facilities 2011 (NWO Application form)

The Netherlands is historically known as one of worlds' best-measured countries. It is continuing this tradition today with unequalled new datasets, such as the nationwide large-scale topographic map, our unique digital height map (nationwide coverage; ten very accurate 3D points for every Dutch m2) and a range of public and private collections...