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Amsterdam · Netherlands · Europe

3D Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s Digital Urban Planning Lab links to a public 3D city application and describes a digital twin developed with other municipalities. The public model provides a city visualization entry point. The lab’s plans to add new layers and participation tools should be distinguished from functions already demonstrated by this viewer.

SCD digital twins illustration — not a screenshot of this project.
SCD digital twins illustration — not a screenshot of this project.

Project identity & implementation

Implementation type
3D City Model / Map
Project description
3D city model
Responsible organization
Municipality of Amsterdam / Digital Urban Planning Lab
Providers
Not documented
Lifecycle
Operational
Public access
Public Interactive Viewer
Launch / deployment
Not confirmed
Coverage
City model; exact geographic coverage varies by dataset.

Use cases

Urban visualization and planning.

Physical-system connection

No sensor or operational-data connection to the physical system is established by the retained evidence. Geometry, registers, modeled estimates or spatial layers alone do not establish that connection.

Decision workflow

See the documented use cases. A planning or visualization use case alone does not establish a maintained operational data workflow.

Classification basis

The retained evidence establishes a 3D spatial model or map. A connected twin is not established for this specific listing; capabilities of a wider municipal platform are not automatically attributed to its public viewer.

Documented capabilities

Interactive 3D VisualizationGIS and Spatial DataBuildings and InfrastructureUrban Planning
Technologies
NL3D
Data types
3D buildings, Spatial data
Data update / live data
Live sensor integration is not established by the retained evidence.

Results & limitations

No independently verified performance metrics recorded.

Future data layers and lab experiments are not treated as deployed viewer capabilities.

Evidence & links

Project Video

CREATE Salon: Living with Water in Amsterdam

Publisher: CREATE UvA · Published

Project presentation

This University of Amsterdam CREATE salon includes a presentation by municipal 3D Amsterdam product owner Wietse Balster beginning at 39:24. It discusses the city model as a vehicle for historical visualization and time travel. Other segments concern Amsterdam Time Machine and separate research tools; they should not be attributed to 3D Amsterdam or ZuidasDOK.

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Documentation link
Verified reachable · 2026-10-09Endpoint reachable. This checks link health, not complete 3D rendering.
Viewer link
Verified reachable · 2026-10-09Endpoint reachable. This checks link health, not complete 3D rendering.
Last detailed research
2026-10-08

Endpoint checks verify link health. They do not certify that every 3D layer, simulation, or data feed works. Public access and lifecycle are assessed separately.

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