Esri, a global provider of location intelligence. announced a collaboration with Google Maps platform that integrates Google’s Photorealistic 3D Tiles into the ArcGIS suite, enabling users to create highly detailed and visually immersive 3D maps and scenes.
“We are excited to collaborate with Google Maps Platform and bring this valuable data to our user community,” said Richard Cooke, corporate director of global business development at Esri. “By making Google’s Photorealistic 3D Tiles available for our users, it empowers them to enhance a wide-ranging set of innovative maps and apps with high-quality 3D Tiles that provide global coverage, fresh updates and are high-resolution for solving real-world challenges.”
The integration will allow users to construct richer maps and scenes, supporting analytics, across a variety of applications including urban planning, real estate and public sector infrastructure projects, the companies said.
“Users have long sought more detailed and photorealistic 3D basemaps,” said Deane Kensok, ArcGIS content CTO at Esri. “This 3D basemap will be a valuable addition to our basemap collection, providing a more realistic and detailed view of metropolitan areas for large parts of the world. It can be used on its own or seamlessly integrated with users’ data, enhancing the visual context and enabling more detailed and accurate analysis.”
Access to high-fidelity 3D meshes provides users with the ability to visualize projects such as urban development plans, real estate planning and AEC projects, all in realistic environments. This allows users to explore and overlay their own data, like points of interest or community resources, to create comprehensive and detailed maps. This new integration also empowers users to perform interactive analyses, such as shadow studies, lines of sight and viewsheds. As a result, stakeholders can see a clear and detailed representation of potential future outcomes within a visually familiar landscape.
Esri customers will gain access to Google Maps Platform’s high-resolution Photorealistic 3D Tiles, available in 2,500 cities across 49 countries. All this content will be available through users’ subscriptions to ArcGIS Online.
