Open Source 3D Cadastre Visualisation Pipeline
TL;DR
A web-based pathway that communicates strata lots and common property consistently across levels in a standard browser without installs is presented, lowering access barriers for agencies and owners while aligning with 3D CSDM’s web-first direction.
Abstract
Abstract. Interpreting multi-storey property rights is difficult when information is scattered across 2D plans and text or locked inside desktop projects. We present a web-based pathway that communicates strata lots and common property consistently across levels in a standard browser. Aligned with the 3D Cadastral Survey Data Model and Exchange (3D CSDM) of Australia, we propose an open-source, web-first approach. The method couples a lightweight browser viewer (level/tenure filters, plan overlay, search, readable legend) with an explicit conversion step that standardises common GIS inputs into a fixed core JSON profile, with limited official CSDM-aligned JSON-LD hooks applied only to selected keys that have exact matches in the published vocabularies, while all remaining source attributes are preserved as standard JSON fields. Using a New South Wales case study, we evaluated the viewer against ISO 9241-11 criteria (effectiveness, efficiency). Across repeated trials (cache disabled/enabled), mean page-open times were 0.60 s (Chrome) and 1.48 s (Edge); interaction averaged 50–60 FPS; level filters applied in 40–55 ms; all five tasks succeeded. Practically, this delivers fast, consistent 3D communication of lots and common property without installs, lowering access barriers for agencies and owners while aligning with 3D CSDM’s web-first direction. Next, we will finalise viewer parity between Upload-and-View and the Reference Viewer and add a light in-viewer validation panel.