Spatial Data Construction Platform

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The Spatial Data Construction Platform is a professional tool for creating, managing, and visualizing city-level 3D scenes. The platform's Spatial Data Management page provides four main modules: My Homepage, My Projects, My Data, and Spatial Archives, where you can create projects, upload data, and add models. This topic describes the structure and features of this page to help you get started with the Spatial Data Construction Platform.

Limits

The Spatial Data Construction Platform is available only for DataV Professional Edition and later.

Access the Spatial Data Construction Platform

  1. Access the DataV console.

  2. On the Workbench page, click Create 3D City. In the dialog box that appears, enter a name and click OK.

  3. In the Select Creation Method dialog box, select the Spatial Construction Data mode and click Create.

  4. In the Select Spatial Data Project dialog box, click Go to Spatial Construction Platform to Create Project in the upper-right corner to open the Spatial Data Construction Platform.

Page overview

No.

Name

Description

1

Navigation bar

The navigation bar is on the left of the Spatial Data Management page. Click the 导航键 icon to expand or collapse the navigation bar.

2

My Homepage

By default, you are directed to the My Homepage page. On this page, you can learn about the current features of the platform in the User Guide section. In the Spatio-temporal Base section, you can view basic geographic data of a city, including roads, buildings, water bodies, and green spaces. In the Data Resources section, you can view details of your data and upload data. In the Account Management section, you can view your Alibaba Cloud account and its permissions. In the Quick Access section, you can browse the four most recently opened projects.

3

My Projects

This page displays all created spatial data projects.

On this page, you can perform operations such as editing, deleting, or granting permissions for existing projects. The page also supports sorting and searching for projects. For more information, see Manage the project panel.

4

My Data

This page displays data groups and all added data content.

Click Upload Data on the right to upload a specific type of data from the list. On the My Data page, you can also preview uploaded data, move data to a group, or rename or delete data. You can also search for data or sort data in different ways using the search box in the upper-right corner. For more information, see Manage the data page.

5

Spatial Archives

This page lets you view building entity information and directly edit landmark and detailed model data.

You can add Building Information, and preview building data in the Landmark Buildings panel. You can also view preset model library data in the Detailed Models panel. If you have custom models, you can upload them in the My Models panel of Detailed Models. For more information, see Spatial Archives overview.

Use the Spatial Data Construction Platform

  1. On the Spatial Data Management page, click My Projects to open the My Projects page.

  2. At the top of the page, click Create Project. Enter a Project Name, and then configure data in the Add Base Data dialog box.

    1. In the Add Base Data dialog box, select base content from the Spatial Entities list on the left.

    2. In the map area on the right of the Add Base Data dialog box, you can quickly locate a target area by selecting a map version and a city. You can use the mouse wheel to scale the view or use the box selection tool to precisely define the area range.

    3. Click Create Project in the lower-right corner of the dialog box to open the project editor page.

  3. On the Project Editor page, you can manage base data and common spatial elements. You can also use the map drawing panel on the right to visually edit and customize data.

    Note

    The system defaults to the Hangzhou region. You need to manually change it to your target region.

  4. After you finish editing, click Back to Overview in the upper-left corner of the page to return to the My Projects page.

  5. On the Spatial Data Management page, click My Data in the list on the left. On this page, you can view the data grouping status, see all added data, and perform upload and management operations.

  6. Click Spatial Archives on the left to open the Spatial Archives page. On this page, you can browse various building models, invoke system preset models, or upload custom models.