3DIM WG
Overview:
The 3D Information Management (3DIM) Working Group is facilitating the creation of new software solutions that enable infrastructure owners, builders, emergency responders, community planners, and the traveling public to better manage and navigate complex built environments. Effective integration of these software data and services has eluded the geospatial and CAD industry for decades. Today, through the cooperation of diverse stakeholders, integrated infrastructure information systems will be achieved. OGC members and partners will work in an iterative development process to achieve incremental demonstrations of real solutions.
Background:
A great deal of technical innovation has been accomplished in the areas of CAD, AEC, geospatial, 3D visualization, and urban simulation. A variety of products, information and services abound in each of these environments. A framework of data interoperability should exist across the lifecycle of building and infrastructure investment: planning, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning. This work is of interest to the geospatial community in that there is a growing need for technologies and information to effectively interoperate between these domains to support a range of vital services and decision support needs. The working group was formed in 2005 to identify and act on opportunities to improve interoperability of geospatial data and services across these domains.
Activities:
The WG has formally met at quarterly OGC Technical Committee meetings and holds regular teleconferences. An email Listserv is used by WG members for communications as well as a robust collaboration space in the web-based OGC Portal. Working Group members and OGC staff have participated in several recent functions:
Working Group members held a workshop in Washington DC April 21, 2006.
Partners:
OGC and the National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS) in the U.S. have a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in areas of interest for the 3DIM WG. OGC also has a MOU with IAI International (http://www.opengeospatial.org/press/?page=pressrelease&year=0&prid=254). Working Group participants are piloting the extension of IFC to enable richer geospatial descriptions.
Contacts:
Working Group Chair: Tim Case, PB (Parsons Brinckerhoff)
Please direct inquiries for further information and opportunities for collaboration here: case at pbworld.com
The 3D Information Management (3DIM) Working Group is facilitating the creation of new software solutions that enable infrastructure owners, builders, emergency responders, community planners, and the traveling public to better manage and navigate complex built environments. Effective integration of these software data and services has eluded the geospatial and CAD industry for decades. Today, through the cooperation of diverse stakeholders, integrated infrastructure information systems will be achieved. OGC members and partners will work in an iterative development process to achieve incremental demonstrations of real solutions.
Background:
A great deal of technical innovation has been accomplished in the areas of CAD, AEC, geospatial, 3D visualization, and urban simulation. A variety of products, information and services abound in each of these environments. A framework of data interoperability should exist across the lifecycle of building and infrastructure investment: planning, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning. This work is of interest to the geospatial community in that there is a growing need for technologies and information to effectively interoperate between these domains to support a range of vital services and decision support needs. The working group was formed in 2005 to identify and act on opportunities to improve interoperability of geospatial data and services across these domains.
Activities:
The WG has formally met at quarterly OGC Technical Committee meetings and holds regular teleconferences. An email Listserv is used by WG members for communications as well as a robust collaboration space in the web-based OGC Portal. Working Group members and OGC staff have participated in several recent functions:
- Emerging Technology Summit IV: Washington DC March 21-23, 2007
- International Alliance for Interoperability http://www.iai-international.org
- Next Generation 3D City Models Conference: Bonn, Germany http://www.citygml.org 2006
- National Building Information Model Standards (NBIMS), Washington, DC 2006
Working Group members held a workshop in Washington DC April 21, 2006.
Partners:
OGC and the National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS) in the U.S. have a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in areas of interest for the 3DIM WG. OGC also has a MOU with IAI International (http://www.opengeospatial.org/press/?page=pressrelease&year=0&prid=254). Working Group participants are piloting the extension of IFC to enable richer geospatial descriptions.
Contacts:
Working Group Chair: Tim Case, PB (Parsons Brinckerhoff)
Please direct inquiries for further information and opportunities for collaboration here: case at pbworld.com
Updated: 2008-08-21 02:17:07 EDT
