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What you get, where.

Citylith builds anywhere on the map. How precise a build is depends on the data a country publishes: survey terrain (DEM) in 24 countries, measured 3D buildings in 20 places. Here is what to expect before you build.

Best

The most precise builds.

What you get
Measured 3D buildings with their real roofs and heights, on precise survey ground. Bridges, ramps and embankments sit exactly where they are.
Where
  • The Netherlands
  • Switzerland
  • New York City, all five boroughs
  • Vienna
  • Japan, in the cities with official 3D models
  • Estonia, in Tallinn and a growing part of the country
  • Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony

Very good

Precise ground, buildings from the map.

What you get
Survey-grade ground, so slopes, embankments and the levels of bridges and ramps are accurate. Buildings come from the map’s footprints and heights, dressed in a facade style from the region. In Hamburg, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saarland it is the other way round: measured 3D buildings on global ground. In the United States, England, France, Denmark, Norway, Poland and Czechia, roof shapes and heights are also measured from the air (in testing).
Where
  • The United States, outside New York City
  • Canada
  • The United Kingdom: England, Wales and Scotland
  • France, with measured building heights
  • Belgium: Flanders
  • Luxembourg
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Czechia
  • Slovakia
  • Estonia, outside the areas with 3D buildings
  • Austria, outside Vienna
  • Portugal
  • Spain: Catalonia, the Basque Country and Navarre
  • Italy: South Tyrol
  • Japan, outside the cities with 3D models
  • Hong Kong
  • Australia, where it has been surveyed
  • New Zealand
  • Uruguay, in the towns
  • Germany: Hamburg, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saarland (measured buildings, global ground)

Good

Everywhere else in the world.

What you get
Global elevation data: the ground is right at the scale of a city, but small slopes, embankments and steps are smoothed. Iceland and the Gulf states get a better national or regional ground model, still coarser than a survey. Buildings are only as accurate as the map’s footprints and heights in that place. Check the area before you build it for a client.
Where
  • Every other country

Aerial photos

Real photographs on the ground.

What you get
Government aerial photographs draped on the ground, 5 to 60 cm a pixel depending on the place, cleared for commercial renders. Everywhere else, satellite colour with ground textures. On the Pro and Studio plans.
Where
  • The United States
  • Canada: Quebec
  • Switzerland
  • The Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Germany: every state but Thuringia
  • Austria
  • Denmark
  • Poland
  • Czechia
  • Slovenia
  • Estonia
  • Italy: South Tyrol
  • Japan
  • Hong Kong
  • Australia: New South Wales and Tasmania
  • New Zealand
  • Uruguay

Everywhere

Streets
Roads, bridges, paths, water and rails are built in every country, as well as the map draws them. In well-mapped cities that is very well; in some places the map is thin.
Facades
Buildings from the map wear a facade style from their region, chosen by use and number of storeys. They are styles, not photos of the real building.
Not sure about a place?
Write to info@citylith.com with the area, or let us build it: we check the data before we quote.

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