If you’ve been involved in 3D graphics on the Web then you might already be aware of glTF and the benefits that it brings with it. If not, then this article provides some insight into the well-supported 3D format and how it’s now integrated in Uber’s vis.gl suite of spatial and data visualisation tools.
Uber’s vis.gl brings glTF to geospatial data visualization
In 2016, the Uber Visualization team released an open source version of deck.gl and luma.gl, two Khronos Group WebGL™-powered frameworks for visualizing and exploring huge geospatial data sets on maps. Since then, the technology has flourished into a full-fledged suite of over a dozen open source We…
