New ReleaseVC SuiteWebinar
More perspective for digital cities: Key innovations in VC Suite 2025.1
The new VC Suite Release 2025.1 makes digital urban planning more versatile and powerful than ever. In the webinar, Tim Wendt (Head of Customer Service, Virtual City Systems) gave practical insights into new features that deliver real value for municipalities.
VC Suite 2025.1: Expanding perspectives for the digital city
On September 26, more than 120 registrations and around 80 live participants from local administrations, urban planning departments, and Smart City units underscored the strong interest in the release. At the center was VC Suite 2025.1, which introduces a wide range of new functions and improvements. From immersive 360° panoramas to the flexible integration of external data sources – the update provides practical solutions tailored to municipal needs.
Highlights from the webinar
The new Panorama Viewer seamlessly combines 360° panoramic images with 3D city models. This enables municipalities to integrate the street-level perspective into their applications, including depth information for measurements and planning. Using real driving data from Hanover, the demo showed how survey imagery can be embedded directly into the digital twin.
With the Dynamic Layer Plugin, OGC services (WMS, WMTS, WFS) and static datasets can be integrated into an application at runtime – without having to go through the VC Publisher. Particularly noteworthy: external catalog services such as Data.Bayern or Data.Europe can also be connected directly.
The enhanced Multi-View makes it possible to compare different years of oblique aerial imagery side by side. An example from Solingen illustrated how urban development or construction progress can be tracked over time with just a few clicks.
A long-requested feature is now available: camera flights can be exported directly as video files (WebM format). This makes it easy to use flythroughs for presentations, public participation processes, or communication of major projects.
With VC Database 5.0, we now offer full support for CityGML 3.0 and CityJSON 2.0 – earlier versions remain fully usable without loss. The new, simplified schema makes integration into GIS tools and automated processes easier. The foundation continues to be the open-source-based 3D City Database, which we actively co-develop.
Note: For a transitional period, the new VC Database 5.0 will carry the “Beta” label to ensure a safe and stable migration of existing data and processes. For beta testers, we are also happy to provide a test version of the upcoming VC Warehouse with support for VC Database 5.0.
Other highlights include VC Blastprotect (now integrated into VC Map 6.2), an interactive layer ordering function, and the new VC Database 5.0. The webinar also offered a first glimpse of the upcoming VC Publisher 6, which features a modernized user interface and new workflows designed for even greater usability.
20 years of VCS: Experience our story
Shaping the future begins with an idea – ours began in 2005. For 20 years, VCS has helped municipalities make complex interrelationships visible and actionable, with digital city models that are practical, open, and powerful.
Our interactive VC Story showcases the milestones, people, and moments that have shaped VCS:
(Please note: The VC Story is available in German only.)
Stay tuned and share your feedback
The webinar was not just a product presentation, but the start of a broader dialogue. Which topics would you like us to cover in more depth? Which features are most relevant to your work? Share your feedback and help shape our future content.
We look forward to continuing the exchange with you!