CityGML is a new 3D Data Standard

There is a new markup language, CityGML (City Geography Markup Language), a standard for 3d data. This markup language has been created to capture 3d data in a professional and scientific way to describe buildings, country areas and the like.

There are several types of use one may easily imagine and something that makes it an interesting topic for emedia: for functional usage there are administrative and navigational purposes and the use for every kind of a geographical information system. But what makes it interesting at this blog is the possibility to exchange 3d data between applications that are able to understand this markup language. By this it is a new way to get the picture of the real world into virtual reality worlds and other applications. Something that playce wants to do for online games.