At the INSPIRE conference in Florence, Volker Walter presented the results of a EuroSDR Survey focussed on 3D data management in European national mapping (NMCAs) and cadastral agencies. 32 organizations were surveyed.
- 10 NMCAs
- 8 regional mappng and cadastral agencies
- 7 city survying offices
- 7 private companies
Some interesting results
22% of respondents think that 3D GIS is already a key technology. 84% think that it has the potential to become a key technology.
Most respondents think that the market for 3D software, services and data will grow at a moderate rate, with the hardware growing more slowly.
The major customers of 3D data are public institutions followed by large, medium, and small public organizations. The private market is currently very small.
53% of respondents said that their customers are aware of the potential of 3D data. 56 % said their customers were not aware of the potential.
32 respondents use 27 different 3D data standards for managing 3D data. The 10 NMCAs use 13 different standards.
Major problems with 3D data handling that the respondents identified are
- Interoperability – many different software systems, many of which don’t interoperate
- Standardization – lack of or inconsistent standards
- Software – performance, lack of tools, hard to use
- Data volume – managing large data sets
- Integration – integrating 3D and 2D
Overall 3d technology and adoption appears to be approximately where 2D was 10-15 years ago.
The results will be published in an official EuroSDR report later in the year.
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