# General

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## [New here? Please introduce yourself](https://community.cesium.com/t/new-here-please-introduce-yourself/14211)

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**Author:** [@lisabos](https://community.cesium.com/u/lisabos)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/new-here-please-introduce-yourself/14211 "2026-09-30T07:32:56Z")

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Welcome! Whether you’re new to the Cesium community or a long-time contributor, we’d like to get to know you - tell us about yourself, your interest and background in 3D and geospatial, and where you’re based. And if yo…

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## [Cesium Release Roundup](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-release-roundup/14210)

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**Author:** [@lisabos](https://community.cesium.com/u/lisabos)\
**Replies:** 62\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-release-roundup/14210 "2026-10-02T20:46:34Z")

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Cesium Release Roundup blog posts are monthly summaries of recent releases for all Cesium products. Click here to see previous posts: Cesium Release Roundup – Cesium If you want to be notified when a new roundup is avai…

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## [Showcase your work](https://community.cesium.com/t/showcase-your-work/9308)

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**Author:** [@sarah](https://community.cesium.com/u/sarah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/showcase-your-work/9308 "2020-04-11T21:47:47Z")

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We want to see what you’re building with Cesium. What should you include? Put your app title in the “new topic” Tell us about your use case and how you’re using Cesium We’re all in different industries, so be sure to …

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## [Cesium-sgp4-viewer: a whole satellite catalog (~16,000 objects) propagated with SGP4 on a CesiumJS globe](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-sgp4-viewer-a-whole-satellite-catalog-16-000-objects-propagated-with-sgp4-on-a-cesiumjs-globe/47447)

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**Author:** [@dsanchez31](https://community.cesium.com/u/dsanchez31)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-sgp4-viewer-a-whole-satellite-catalog-16-000-objects-propagated-with-sgp4-on-a-cesiumjs-globe/47447 "2026-10-04T16:46:08Z")

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Hi everyone, Following the discussion about the Sandcastle gallery (thanks @darcyvdd for the suggestion), here is the project as a showcase. cesium-sgp4-viewer is an open-source (Apache-2.0) library that shows a whole …

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## [\[Showcase\] Locus-Earth - Lightweight, open-source interactive 3D Earth powered by Cesium](https://community.cesium.com/t/showcase-locus-earth-lightweight-open-source-interactive-3d-earth-powered-by-cesium/47486)

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**Author:** [@ZhuNemo](https://community.cesium.com/u/ZhuNemo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/showcase-locus-earth-lightweight-open-source-interactive-3d-earth-powered-by-cesium/47486 "2026-10-03T12:08:21Z")

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Hi everyone, I built a lightweight, browser-based interactive 3D Earth using Cesium. It’s fully open-source. Features: Terrain and satellite imagery OSM buildings Markers Day/night simulation And so on… GitHub Repo: …

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## [Recent progress of my rust cesium project](https://community.cesium.com/t/recent-progress-of-my-rust-cesium-project/47446)

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**Author:** [@jiangheng90](https://community.cesium.com/u/jiangheng90)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/recent-progress-of-my-rust-cesium-project/47446 "2026-09-30T10:49:37Z")

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It has been several month since last post, and recently I have ported the geospatial lighting system from three geospatial. And this part is easy to demo. my origion atmosphere is based on bevy atmosphere since 0.16, th…

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## [Early Access: New Design Formats in Cesium ion](https://community.cesium.com/t/early-access-new-design-formats-in-cesium-ion/45643)

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**Author:** [@Roop.Saini](https://community.cesium.com/u/Roop.Saini)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/early-access-new-design-formats-in-cesium-ion/45643 "2026-09-30T09:21:03Z")

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We’re opening early access for newly supported design formats in Cesium ion and are excited to work with the community to validate real‑world workflows as we continue iterating. This early access adds support for the fo…

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## [Showcasing GoTiler v3: a fast, feature-rich, out-of-core tiler from point clouds to compressed 3D Tiles](https://community.cesium.com/t/showcasing-gotiler-v3-a-fast-feature-rich-out-of-core-tiler-from-point-clouds-to-compressed-3d-tiles/47410)

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**Author:** [@federicob](https://community.cesium.com/u/federicob)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/showcasing-gotiler-v3-a-fast-feature-rich-out-of-core-tiler-from-point-clouds-to-compressed-3d-tiles/47410 "2026-09-27T22:42:17Z")

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Hi everyone, I have just released the v3 version of GoTiler (some of you might know it as gocesiumtiler, I’ve just renamed it), the command-line tool and library I’ve been maintaining for a few years to turn point cloud…

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## [Local DTM/DSM Geotif to Cesium: Quick workflow demonstration using MGIS-3D-Planner](https://community.cesium.com/t/local-dtm-dsm-geotif-to-cesium-quick-workflow-demonstration-using-mgis-3d-planner/47381)

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**Author:** [@MundoGIS](https://community.cesium.com/u/MundoGIS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/local-dtm-dsm-geotif-to-cesium-quick-workflow-demonstration-using-mgis-3d-planner/47381 "2026-09-24T12:55:44Z")

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Hi Cesium community! :waving\_hand: I wanted to share a quick workflow demonstration using MGIS-3D-Planner. In this video, you can see how easy it is to: Log into the application. Upload a local DTM (GeoTIFF) file …

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## [Rhino Models in Cesium](https://community.cesium.com/t/rhino-models-in-cesium/47023)

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**Author:** [@KensukeNakata](https://community.cesium.com/u/KensukeNakata)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/rhino-models-in-cesium/47023 "2026-09-20T05:48:00Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been exploring how 3D models created in Rhino can be connected with GIS and brought into a broader geospatial context through Cesium. In this workflow, I use Heron, a Grasshopper plugin for working…

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## [WakeAtlas: a non-commercial maritime explorer built with CesiumJS](https://community.cesium.com/t/wakeatlas-a-non-commercial-maritime-explorer-built-with-cesiumjs/47178)

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**Author:** [@William.c](https://community.cesium.com/u/William.c)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/wakeatlas-a-non-commercial-maritime-explorer-built-with-cesiumjs/47178 "2026-09-13T06:17:23Z")

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Hello Cesium community! I would like to share WakeAtlas, a non-commercial maritime explorer I have been building with help from Codex. Try it: https://wakeatlas.uk/ — the globe and catalogue can be explored without an a…

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## [Source-derived block worlds: preserving provenance through 3D generalisation](https://community.cesium.com/t/source-derived-block-worlds-preserving-provenance-through-3d-generalisation/47165)

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**Author:** [@nooks](https://community.cesium.com/u/nooks)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/source-derived-block-worlds-preserving-provenance-through-3d-generalisation/47165 "2026-09-05T11:55:58Z")

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Hi, we’re building Earth in creative mode with NOOKS, an independent browser renderer that reconstructs real places as block worlds. It is not a Cesium integration, but I thought the broader 3D geospatial community might…

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## [Vector Tiles Technology Preview is here - try it and tell us what you think](https://community.cesium.com/t/vector-tiles-technology-preview-is-here-try-it-and-tell-us-what-you-think/47120)

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**Author:** [@austin.robison](https://community.cesium.com/u/austin.robison)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/vector-tiles-technology-preview-is-here-try-it-and-tell-us-what-you-think/47120 "2026-09-01T19:43:08Z")

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Hey everyone, Back in June we shared our vision for bringing 3D-native vector data into the 3D Tiles ecosystem and asked for your feedback. A lot of you responded, and it shaped what we built. Today we’re releasing the …

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## [God's Eye View Release and Smart Work Zones with AADT Exposure](https://community.cesium.com/t/gods-eye-view-release-and-smart-work-zones-with-aadt-exposure/47060)

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**Author:** [@stephmarquez-geo](https://community.cesium.com/u/stephmarquez-geo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/gods-eye-view-release-and-smart-work-zones-with-aadt-exposure/47060 "2026-08-25T04:12:55Z")

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TLDR: Texas\_Oklahoma\_GodsEyeRepo Forked Bilawal Sidhu’s open-source God’s Eye View into “Smart Zones”: pick a state, every interstate recolors by traffic exposure from the DOT’s own live AADT feed, and clicking a segment…

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## [3DGS in Cesium Ion](https://community.cesium.com/t/3dgs-in-cesium-ion/47041)

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**Author:** [@Cuscusao](https://community.cesium.com/u/Cuscusao)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/3dgs-in-cesium-ion/47041 "2026-08-21T16:26:31Z")

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Hello, I’m learning how to use Cesium Ion and this must be a beginner problem, but I’d appreciate your help in solving it. I uploaded a 3DGS file to my Assets with 1.46 GiB, but I can’t see it in the Story. I’ve already …

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## [Cesium for Blender — streaming World Terrain, imagery & 3D Tiles (incl. Google Photorealistic) into Blender \[open source, WIP\]](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-for-blender-streaming-world-terrain-imagery-3d-tiles-incl-google-photorealistic-into-blender-open-source-wip/46938)

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**Author:** [@cognito-arun](https://community.cesium.com/u/cognito-arun)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-for-blender-streaming-world-terrain-imagery-3d-tiles-incl-google-photorealistic-into-blender-open-source-wip/46938 "2026-08-10T11:38:11Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been building Cesium for Blender — an open-source Blender addon that streams Cesium data directly into the Blender viewport with camera-driven LOD. Think CesiumJS-style streaming, but pure Python insid…

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## [Introduce yourself here!](https://community.cesium.com/t/introduce-yourself-here/10480)

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**Author:** [@omar](https://community.cesium.com/u/omar)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/introduce-yourself-here/10480 "2026-08-04T12:11:24Z")

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Whether you’re new to the Cesium community or a long-time contributor, please tell us a bit about yourself, and where you’re based! It would also be fun to share how you got into Cesium and 3D geospatial.

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## [DevCon 2026 session recordings are now live!](https://community.cesium.com/t/devcon-2026-session-recordings-are-now-live/46870)

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**Author:** [@Jake](https://community.cesium.com/u/Jake)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/devcon-2026-session-recordings-are-now-live/46870 "2026-07-31T13:46:29Z")

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All keynotes, panels, breakouts, and workshops from this year’s Cesium Developer Conference are now up on YouTube, free to watch. Full list here: 2026 Cesium Developer Conference Session Recordings – Cesium A few sess…

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## [Experimenting with a Mini Cesium Implementation in Rust](https://community.cesium.com/t/experimenting-with-a-mini-cesium-implementation-in-rust/46753)

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**Author:** [@jiangheng90](https://community.cesium.com/u/jiangheng90)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/experimenting-with-a-mini-cesium-implementation-in-rust/46753 "2026-07-18T15:19:09Z")

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Hello everyone! Over the past year, I’ve been working on building a mini Cesium in Rust, and it has finally reached a presentable stage. This post is a short update on the project’s progress. First, I’m very grateful to…

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## [Bridging QGIS and CesiumJS: Introducing Qtiler & Qtiler-3D-eye](https://community.cesium.com/t/bridging-qgis-and-cesiumjs-introducing-qtiler-qtiler-3d-eye/46592)

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**Author:** [@MundoGIS](https://community.cesium.com/u/MundoGIS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/bridging-qgis-and-cesiumjs-introducing-qtiler-qtiler-3d-eye/46592 "2026-07-09T12:31:02Z")

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Hi Cesium Community! :waving\_hand: I want to share an open-source project we’ve been working on called Qtiler, which is now making its way into the 3D world with CesiumJS. A little background: Qtiler originally started…

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## [Introducing CesiumJS Sandcastle Copilot](https://community.cesium.com/t/introducing-cesiumjs-sandcastle-copilot/46668)

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**Author:** [@justin.dehorty](https://community.cesium.com/u/justin.dehorty)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/introducing-cesiumjs-sandcastle-copilot/46668 "2026-07-07T15:13:27Z")

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Hello Cesium Community, Earlier this year, we opened a discussion about bringing a native AI Copilot into the CesiumJS Sandcastle workflow. Thanks to the feedback and ideas shared in that thread, the first version of C…

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## [Shape the Future of 3D Vector Data in 3D Tiles! 🚀](https://community.cesium.com/t/shape-the-future-of-3d-vector-data-in-3d-tiles/46619)

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**Author:** [@Xuan.Huang](https://community.cesium.com/u/Xuan.Huang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/shape-the-future-of-3d-vector-data-in-3d-tiles/46619 "2026-07-02T00:19:06Z")

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Hello Cesium Community, We just published a new blog post: Help Shape Vector Data Support in 3D Tiles, outlining our work to bring fully 3D-native vector data support to 3D Tiles 2.0! While mainstream vector ti…

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## [A character controller for CesiumJS](https://community.cesium.com/t/a-character-controller-for-cesiumjs/46538)

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**Author:** [@hh\_q](https://community.cesium.com/u/hh_q)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/a-character-controller-for-cesiumjs/46538 "2026-06-25T12:55:44Z")

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Hello Cesium community I’d like to share a small library I’ve been working on: cesium-player-controller. It’s ported from my three.js project three-player-controller, rebuilt on top of CesiumJS and the Rapier physics…

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## [Web 3D Flood Simulation using CesiumJS](https://community.cesium.com/t/web-3d-flood-simulation-using-cesiumjs/46530)

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**Author:** [@ZhefengJin](https://community.cesium.com/u/ZhefengJin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/web-3d-flood-simulation-using-cesiumjs/46530 "2026-06-18T03:04:45Z")

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Users can automatically delineate watersheds and simulate flooding for any region worldwide. Video

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## [HTML-in-Canvas API](https://community.cesium.com/t/html-in-canvas-api/46328)

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**Author:** [@Aristeidis\_Bampakos](https://community.cesium.com/u/Aristeidis_Bampakos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/html-in-canvas-api/46328 "2026-05-25T10:21:17Z")

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Hello Cesium team, I was on Google I/O last week and they announced a new web API called HTML-in-Canvas. I am not sure if and how it fits into Cesium existing infrastructure but I would like to share it in case you find…

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## [FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Native AI Copilot for Sandcastle](https://community.cesium.com/t/feedback-requested-native-ai-copilot-for-sandcastle/43943)

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**Author:** [@justin.dehorty](https://community.cesium.com/u/justin.dehorty)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/feedback-requested-native-ai-copilot-for-sandcastle/43943 "2026-05-18T06:17:46Z")

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Hello Cesium Community, The purpose of this post is to open a technical discussion regarding the next evolution for Sandcastle: integrating a native, agentic AI Copilot. As AI-assisted development tools continue to evo…

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## [Gaussian Splats PLY to 3D Tiles Converter](https://community.cesium.com/t/gaussian-splats-ply-to-3d-tiles-converter/46126)

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**Author:** [@William\_Liu](https://community.cesium.com/u/William_Liu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/gaussian-splats-ply-to-3d-tiles-converter/46126 "2026-05-07T01:52:25Z")

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3D Gaussian Splatting PLY to 3D Tiles Converter Hi everyone, I’d like to share an open-source project I’ve been working on: It is a Node.js CLI / library for converting 3D Gaussian Splatting PLY models into explicit …

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## [Cesium suitable for fantasy project?](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-suitable-for-fantasy-project/45907)

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**Author:** [@RHSandvik](https://community.cesium.com/u/RHSandvik)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/cesium-suitable-for-fantasy-project/45907 "2026-05-06T00:14:00Z")

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Greetings! I am 100% new here. I am in the process of fulfilling a longstanding hobby-project in which I intend to bring my fantasy world to life online. After a lot of back and forth with AI etc. it seems like Cesium.js…

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## [Seeking Feedback: Agentic Workflows and Viewer Control](https://community.cesium.com/t/seeking-feedback-agentic-workflows-and-viewer-control/45942)

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**Author:** [@austin.robison](https://community.cesium.com/u/austin.robison)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/seeking-feedback-agentic-workflows-and-viewer-control/45942 "2026-04-21T22:47:01Z")

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Hello Cesium Community, I recently joined the Cesium product team and I’m looking forward to getting to know everyone here in the community and working together! We’ve been following the growing interest in AI surround…

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## [World Models: Implications for Geospatial and Digital Twins](https://community.cesium.com/t/world-models-implications-for-geospatial-and-digital-twins/45081)

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**Author:** [@justin.dehorty](https://community.cesium.com/u/justin.dehorty)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/world-models-implications-for-geospatial-and-digital-twins/45081 "2026-03-19T16:11:02Z")

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Hi everyone, With the recent release of Google’s Genie 3, along with the growing interest in general-purpose world models, I wanted to start a thread on what this might mean for geospatial and digital twin workflows ove…

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