Developing a QGIS Plugin for Urban Structure Evaluation
2026-09-03 , Ran1

This presentation introduces a QGIS plugin developed under Japan’s Project PLATEAU to help municipal staff calculate and visualize urban structure evaluation indicators using 3D city models and public datasets.


This presentation introduces the development of a practical QGIS plugin designed to support urban structure evaluation by municipal staff. In many Japanese municipalities, computing and interpreting urban structure evaluation indicators still depends heavily on external consultants, as the work requires specialized GIS skills and the integration of diverse datasets. Developed under Japan’s Project PLATEAU, the plugin supports workflows for using 3D city models and related public datasets to calculate indicators and visualize results through maps and charts within QGIS. The tool was evaluated through pilot workshops and interviews with municipal staff from multiple municipalities in Japan. The presentation will cover the background of the project, the functions and intended use of the plugin, findings from pilot workshops with municipal staff, and lessons learned from developing an open-source geospatial tool intended for municipal practice.


Level of technical complexity: 2 - intermediate Give indication of resources (video, web pages, papers, etc.) to read in advance, that will help get up to speed on advanced topics.:

For background on the PLATEAU use case and the urban structure evaluation context, readers may refer to the previous year’s technical report: MLIT PLATEAU Technical Report No. 103, Technical Report on Urban Structure Evaluation System.
https://www.mlit.go.jp/plateau/file/libraries/doc/plateau_tech_doc_0103_ver01.pdf

Indicate what is (are) the open source project(s) essential in your talk:

Urban-structure-analysis plugin (QGIS Plugin)
https://github.com/Project-PLATEAU/Urban-structure-analysis

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