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Name CityGML File
Version 1.0
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/2040
Family  
Classification GIS, Text (Mark-up)
Disclosure  
Description CityGML (City Geography Markup Language) defines a data model and XML-based exchange format for the representation of 3D city and landscape models. It is implemented as a GML application schema, a specialisation of the Geography Markup Language. CityGML was originally developed by the Special Interest Group 3D of the initiative Geodata Infrastructure North-Rhine Westphalia (GDI NRW).
Orientation  
Byte order  
Related file formats Has priority over Geography Markup Language  
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by None.
Supported by Open Geospatial Consortium / Open Geospatial Consortium
Source Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen / Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen
Source date 21 Jul 2025
Source description  
Last updated 21 Jul 2025
Note Specification: https://web.archive.org/web/20240524220835/https:/portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact_id=28802 https://www.ogc.org/standards/citygml/ Submission: https://github.com/digital-preservation/PRONOM_Research/issues/60
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