Directly serving 3D Tiles from a Geo-DBMS

The rise of urban digital twins emphasises the critical role of representing real-world environments for decision-making and collaboration among stakeholders. This leads to an expectation of effective management and visualisation of large-scale urban data models. 3D Tiles is an open specification designed for streaming and rendering massive heterogeneous 3D geospatial datasets. It is widely adopted in fields such as urban planning and engineering construction, where geospatial data is crucial for decision-making and collaboration. However, as the 3D data size grows, the performance of traditional file-based solutions is facing challenges. Currently, dissemination and visualisation of 3D data are often reliant on file-based systems. Users suffer from problems such as long load times, data inconsistencies, and lack of flexibility. In this thesis, an approach for compactly storing both geometries and attributes in the Database Management System (DBMS) and efficiently serving data compliant with 3D Web standards to the client is proposed, advocating the direct serving of 3D Tiles from the database.
Geomatics