Lands Department launches new batch of 3D Digital Maps

     The Lands Department (LandsD) today (June 28) launched a 3D Visualisation Map of Lantau and the Islands, a 3D Indoor Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central as well as a new street image function "Streetscape 360" for the previously launched 3D Visualisation Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central, which are available on the online application platform "Open3Dhk".

     The 3D Visualisation Map of Lantau and the Islands covers around 16 600 buildings and about 660 infrastructure facilities, including flyovers, footbridges and subways. The 3D Indoor Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central covers around 130 buildings including government and private buildings, and community facilities, and provides information on floor locations, units and points-of-interest for promoting innovative indoor data applications such as location-based services, tourism and indoor navigation.

     Moreover, the new "Streetscape 360" function is added to the 3D Visualisation Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central released by the LandsD in December 2022 and September 2023 respectively, offering 360-degree street-level panoramic images for users to virtually navigate through the streets of the city. 

     The datasets of the abovementioned 3D Digital Maps, relevant Application Programming Interface services and sample codes have been uploaded to the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure Portal (portal.csdi.gov.hk) and "Open3Dhk" (3d.map.gov.hk) for free downloading by the public to facilitate the development of web services and smart applications by the innovation and technology sector as well as the academia. 

     To promote smart city development, the LandsD will continue to develop and release 3D Digital Maps for other districts.