Hello everyone!
We’re hard at work on our support for creating 3D Tiles from vector data inputs in Cesium ion so you can visualize massive collections of points, lines, and polygons natively in 3D and draped over terrain or other 3D Tiles.
Today, you can upload GeoJSON files to ion for tiling and serving and soon we’re adding support for more input file formats. You can then render those streamed 3D Tiles (and MVT tiles) in CesiumJS.
If your use cases involve using vector data, we’d love your input on:
File format support: If you’re using existing vector datasets, what file formats are you storing them in? What format would be most convenient for you to upload them to ion?
Coordinate system handling: Are you using file formats that embed a coordinate reference system? Does your application define the coordinates?
Transcoding vector geometry databases: Would it be useful for you to convert an existing datastore, like PostGIS or a GeoParquet database, to 3D Tiles and host it through ion?
An explanation of your use case: Can you provide any other details of how you’d like to use 3D Tiles of vectors?
We’re also looking for sample data to help test our implementation. If you’d like to have us confidentially test a specific file format with your vector data, please send me a direct message here to get in touch. This is a great opportunity to influence our roadmap and help us ensure our code meets your needs.
Thanks!
Cheers,
Austin