3D mode and customer survey for ZugMap

ZugMap is the public map tool¹ of the canton of Zug. Today and 20 years after the first version of ZugMap, the canton of Zug officially launched a newly developed 3D mode along with various 3D datasets.

At this point, ZugMap 3D contains:

• 3D surface model
• 3D buildings and trees
• Points-of-interest (POIs) from Zug Tourismus
• Shaded relief including bathymetric (underwater) data
• VR² scenes thanks to a “Supermesh”³ and indoor data capture
• Near-realtime display of IoT⁴ data about air temperature and air humidity of the city of Zug

A view of ZugMap 3D highlighting the 3D surface, buildings, and trees

ZugMap 3D and the provision of 3D data are building blocks of the cantonal geoinformation strategy⁵.

Interested people can give ZugMap 3D a spin. The canton is conducting an (anonymous) user survey in order to find additional user needs as well as avenues for future development and improvement.

Footnotes

1. “Public map tool” is the canton’s wording, rather than, for example, “geoportal”; I suspect for approachability reasons (maybe wise).

2. Virtual reality

3. Especially densely sampled 3D data

4. Internet of Things

5. Transparency note: As you can see if you peruse the strategy documents, I (together with colleagues) have assisted the canton of Zug in the drafting of this strategy.