Wiesbaden: Transparency and Participation as Guiding Principles
Wiesbaden’s Urban Digital Twin was made publicly accessible at an early stage – the current version is not yet final, but already sends a clear message of openness and participation. From now on, citizens, the scientific community, and businesses have the opportunity to actively provide feedback, contribute ideas, or even support further development with their own data and applications.
The platform offers access to 2D/3D data, oblique aerial imagery, 360° analyses, shadow and flood simulations.
A particularly vivid example is the integration of mobility data: by visualizing information such as the utilization rates of car-sharing stations, public parking facilities, electric vehicle charging points, and cultural venues, potential bottlenecks can be identified early on, enabling the development of alternative planning strategies. At the same time, the UDT serves as a communication platform – allowing urban planning to be presented in a way that is accessible to the public.
The technological foundation of the Urban Digital Twin is the VC Suite by Virtual City Systems, especially the VC Publisher for data preparation and management, and the VC Planner as a planning tool. Thanks to open standards such as CityGML and GeoJSON, new data sources – such as air quality, energy consumption, or heavy rainfall – can be easily integrated.