FCG, a Finland-based consulting company, has published MAPGETS, a portal designed for the publication and distribution of city data. The new portal utilises 3D virtual reality technologies. It is targeted for application developers, city data provider and content creators as well as service providers and professionals utilising city data in their sales and marketing.
Finland is a pioneer in 3D technologies and data modelling in construction business. The MAPGETS portal provides a browser-accessed 3D application platform, based on open source realXtend, for publishing, maintaining and utilising the data. The open data of built-up environments in cities and municipalities, both in Finland and globally, are gradually migrating from two-dimensional map illustrations to 3D city models and visualisations.
The MAPGETS portal was produced to promote digitalisation, application development and productivity. The portal is a new application ecosystem utilising not only 3D modelling and map data, but also service visualisation and promotion. This creates entirely new ways of making business, commented Anssi Savisalo, FCG.
MAPGETS portal uses globally known open source technologies and APIs. Development work is currently taking place in publicly funded projects, such as ITEA C3PO, RYMSHOK EUE, Oulu University and EU-FIWARE, as well as in the SMART project under the Building Information Group and in the SADe projects of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities and the State administration. The portal has been in pilot use in the cities of Oulu and Espoo.
The MAPGETS portal is owned by FCG City Portal Oy, a company jointly established by FCG Finnish Consulting Group Oy and Adminotech Oy in June 2015.
For more information see www.mapgets.com.
Source: GIM International
