New website: Geo3D Global Library - geology

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Hi everyone!

I am new here. My name is Zbigniew and I have been using Cesium.js for like 2 months. I would like to present here the effect of my work.

For couple of years we have been developing at the Polish Geological Survey a little web app called Geo3D, the web-based viewer for geological structures - it allows to disseminate 3D geological maps and models to fellow geologists and to general public. One thing Geo3D always lacked was a proper globe or map intro to show where the models are located. After short experiments with Google Maps and globe.gl, I finally found Cesium.js and it turned out to be the perfect match for what we needed in Geo3D!

By chance, a colleague came up with a very catchy name for the viewer’s newest evolution: Geo3D Global Library. This was briliant and it was followed instantly by an idea to present not just our own Geo3D models, but a wider collection of online 3D geological visualizations from around the world.

And here we are! A clean and simple Cesium globe with locations, links, and basic metadata for each of 110+ geological models that are available online: https://geo3d.pgi.gov.pl/Global_Library/index.html

Do we have all 3D geological models ever published online? Definitely not, but I’m on a quest to find them all! If you know of any other web-based 3D geological viewers out there, I’d really appreciate if you could point them out. I will add them to the collection based on Cesium.js globe.

Big thanks to the Cesium.js team for providing such a great tool - your work made this project possible!

I would appreciate your feedback. I am sure the website can be improved with your critical input.

Best regards,
Zbigniew

Geo3D-Europe
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Hi Zbigniew. It is good to see CesiumJS being used to make more data accessible.

The one suggestion I have is to make the regions clickable. My first instinct was to click on the region to get more information about it. It took a few tries to realize that I had to click on the label to get that info.

Very cool project!

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Thanks for your comment!

The regions/outlines were originally clickable, but things got messy when two or more overlapped. So I switched to using active labels only. I know it might feel a bit counterintuitive at first, but it’s easy to get used to—and the learning curve isn’t too steep :smile:

There’s still more to add, both in terms of content and features.

[EDIT]: I added a tolltip “Please click on labels” poping up when user clicks on region/polygon. I hope this will make the start easier.

Kind regards,
Zbigniew