3A goes 3D

25 February 2008, 12:44pm

3D Geo GmbH has won a new partner: the software company AED-SICAD Corporation, a specialist for geo-data and 3A standards. Due to the link-up with 3D Geo’s LandXplorer technology both companies will be able to visualize two-dimensional geo-data in 3D. Quickly and efficiently land registry data can be integrated into city information spaces.

3D Geo, pioneer and international pace maker in matters of 3D geo-visualization, has formed a partnership with the software house AED-SICAD, known for its cadastral, municipal, and supply solutions. The aim: to sustainably link-up AED-SICAD’s 3A product line with the 3D world. Through the combination of the 3A processing solution – meaning software that enables the generation, qualifying and keeping of AFIS, ALKIS, and ATKIS data (official fixed point information system, official realty cadastral information system, official topographic cartographic information system) – city information spaces have a new component added. The geo-data, like realty and topographic data based on the ISO/OGC standards of the consortium for surveying administration (AdV) can, in future, be transferred into 3D city information spaces. As a reminder: the 3A standard was launched by AdV to create unity in geo-data throughout Germany meaning also across federal state borders. One house should look like the other, at least in the data model of the official land register. The system is just being implemented in the federal states and has the aim to eliminate communication problems and make planning processes easier.

Presentation and Planning in 3D

The most important aspect of the cooperation is summarized by Udo Knips, Marketing Director of AED- SICAD: “Through the cooperation with 3D Geo we ensure a sustainable data flow from the land registry into 3D city models. From the creation all the way to the updating the surveying and cadastral administration’s geo-data flow into the 3D city model and are there available for analysis and visualization.” Marc Hildebrandt, Managing Director of 3D Geo adds: “3D is the present trend. Through the partnership with AED-SICAD we manage to arm the geo-data for the future.” More and more local authorities want to present there cartographical images in 3D, either to better inform the public or to optimize planning processes. The partnership of the two renowned companies accommodates this trend.

Top Class Partner

The 3A-solution from AED-SICAD is based in software terms on the ArcGIS product family from ESRI. This makes it possible to use many basic GIS functions additionally to the extensive functionalities of 3A. The 3A products realize on this platform the AFIS-ALKIS-ATKIS-Standard with the handling of the norm based exchange interface (NAS), conform siganturing, as well as extensive and comfortable support of all business processes.

The 3D tools of 3D Geo GmbH can freely generate, administer, analyze, and distribute memory intensive geo-information in a secure, efficient and controlled way. With the help of the LandXplorer product family city information spaces can be created, administered, analyzed and updated. The software is known as one of the most advanced on the 3D market. AED-SICAD’s Marketing Director Knips is convinced of the LandXplorer products’ quality as well as of the producer from Potsdam:”With 3D Geo we have found the partner in the 3D environment that offers the most modern technology and the biggest potential for the future.”

For further information and presentations of the products, please visit: www.LandXplorer.com

www.LandXplorer.com

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