The Platform for 3D Geospatial

The final session at this month’s Cesium Developer Conference features a trio of exciting talks focusing on the vitality of open data and fascinating reality capture stories from the field.

At the upcoming Cesium Developer Conference Geospatial World will spotlight emerging trends and the transformative role developers continue to play in the open geospatial ecosystem. We will explore how developer-led innovation is unlocking new economic opportunities, advancing sustainability, and shaping the digital infrastructure of tomorrow.

I’m delighted to announce a new cohort of Cesium Ecosystem grantees. These recipients impressed us with their commitment to the 3D geospatial ecosystem by strengthening integrations and lowering the barrier to entry.   

The English Premier League reigns supreme among domestic football leagues (soccer in the US), celebrated for its elite talent, fast-paced matches, and unmatched reach. Belgium-based Boost Graphics uses Cesium for Unreal and Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles to create a series of dynamic 3D map animations, known as locators, that provide a fresh perspective on the geography of the league's stadiums across the United Kingdom for a global TV audience of around 3.2 billion.  

With Ansys Systems Tool Kit (STK), engineers model land, sea, air, and space scenarios to understand the relationships among vehicles, payloads, facilities, and environments, including terrain. Ansys Geospatial Data Cloud (GDC) integrates Cesium ion Self-Hosted and global 3D content to provide STK with out-of-the-box access to accurate geospatial context within its time-dynamic simulations.

Our third installment highlights two more tracks at the 2025 Cesium Developer Conference: community-contributed aerospace and defense topics and sessions on Cesium, iTwin, OGC 3D Tiles, and other open technologies compiled by the teams at Cesium and Bentley Systems who work on them.