Welcome to the 3D City Database User Manual!

The 3D City Database (3DCityDB) is a free and open source package consisting of a database schema and a set of software tools to import, export, manage, analyse, and visualize virtual 3D city models on top of a spatial database system. This user manual provides the documentation of the 3D City Database Suite 2024.0 consisting of the following components.

Component	Version
3D City Database	4.4
Importer/Exporter Spreadsheet Generator Plugin ADE Manager Plugin	5.5 4.3 2.3
3D Web Map Client	2.0
Web Feature Service	5.4

Contents:

• 1. First steps
  • 1.1. System requirements
  • 1.2. Installation of the Importer/Exporter
  • 1.3. Setting up the 3DCityDB schema
  • 1.4. Migration from previous releases
  • 1.5. Docker Images
• 2. Overview
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Main features of 3DCityDB
  • 2.3. Development history
  • 2.4. Acknowledgements
  • 2.5. License information
• 3. 3D City Database
  • 3.1. UML database design
  • 3.2. Relational database schema
  • 3.3. Definition of the CRS for a 3D City Database instance
  • 3.4. Working with multiple database schemas
  • 3.5. Stored procedures and additional features
  • 3.6. 3D City Database using Docker
• 4. Importer/Exporter
  • 4.1. Launching the Importer/Exporter
  • 4.2. Using the graphical user interface (GUI)
  • 4.3. Database connections and operations
  • 4.4. Import
  • 4.5. Export
  • 4.6. Visualization export
  • 4.7. Preferences
  • 4.8. Map window
  • 4.9. Using the command-line interface (CLI)
  • 4.10. Using the Importer/Exporter with Docker
• 5. Importer/Exporter plugins
  • 5.1. Introduction to the plugin mechanism
  • 5.2. Spreadsheet Generator Plugin
  • 5.3. ADE Manager Plugin
• 6. 3D Web Map Client
  • 6.1. System requirements
  • 6.2. Installation and configuration
  • 6.3. Feature overview
  • 6.4. Enriching visualization models with thematic data
  • 6.5. Handling imagery layers
  • 6.6. Handling digital terrain models
  • 6.7. Interaction with 3D objects
  • 6.8. Mobile support extension
  • 6.9. Docker
• 7. Web Feature Service
  • 7.1. System requirements
  • 7.2. Installation
  • 7.3. Configuring the WFS
  • 7.4. Using the WFS
  • 7.5. Web-based WFS client
  • 7.6. Web Feature Service using Docker
• 8. Appendix
  • 8.1. Contributors
  • 8.2. 3DCityDB @ TU München
  • 8.3. 3DCityDB @ Virtual City Systems
  • 8.4. 3DCityDB @ M.O.S.S.
• 9. References
• 10. Changelog