Explore open-source tools to create digital urban models for MapStore
2026-09-01 , Conference Management Room3

The presentation describes processes and opensource tools employed by the author and his team to build and consume digital models for urban environments. Attendees will be presented with an overview of our work related to 3D data visualizations and a selection of use cases implemented for the MapStore WebGIS framework


The presentation describes processes and open-source tools employed by the author and his team to build and consume digital models for urban environments. The results of these processes will be rendered in MapStore as 3D Tiles layers, an OGC community standard designed for streaming and rendering massive 3D geospatial content. MapStore WebGIS framework support for 3D Tiles and glTF models through the Cesium mapping library has been greatly enhanced to support a more powerful integration. The latest versions of MapStore also include improvements and tools for exploring 3D data such as Map Views, Styling, 3D Measurements, Annotations and more.

Attendees will be presented with an overview of our work related to 3D data processing and visualization, and a selected city will be used to exemplify the processes. At the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to use the presented processes, tools and workflows to replicate them in different urban scenarios, finally visualizing them with the 3D tools of the MapStore WebGIS application.


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.:

digital-twin-toolbox repository at https://github.com/geosolutions-it/digital-twin-toolbox/
digital-twin-toolbox wiki at https://github.com/geosolutions-it/digital-twin-toolbox/wiki

MapStore repository at https://github.com/geosolutions-it/MapStore2
MapStore demo https://mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/mapstore/#/
MapStore documentation at https://docs.mapstore.geosolutionsgroup.com/en/latest/

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

Digital Twin Toolbox at https://github.com/geosolutions-it/digital-twin-toolbox/
MapStore at https://github.com/geosolutions-it/MapStore2

I make my conference contribution available under the CC BY 4.0 license. The conference contribution comprises the abstract, the text contribution for the conference proceedings, the presentation materials as well as the video recording and live transmission of the presentation:

Senior Software Engineer in GIS and Technical Lead of the MapStore project, active in the open-source GIS community since 2011. I have a background in neural networks, expert systems, and early AI approaches to the Semantic Web. In my free time, I study Japanese, follow science and technology, enjoy problem-solving, and contribute to science outreach with a local amateur astronomy group.

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Senior Software Engineer and project manager at GeoSolutions Srl (https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/).
Product Owner and coordinator of the MapStore WebGIS project. Public profile at www.linkedin.com/in/tobia-di-pisa-1b59a83a

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Frontend developer at GeoSolutions, interested in interactive maps and cartography

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