Conference Agenda

This paper reports stages of 3D GIS research and development by the community from 2006 to the year 2022 (in two decades) as presented at the 3D Geoinfo conference series. The first event was held in 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In general, 3D GIS domain has been investigated in four main aspects, namely, data acquisition, data processing, database, and visualization as what was being researched thus far in the 2D domain. Issues related to the four aspects generate and trigger for more advanced theories and scientific techniques of spatial data modelling and visualization. Interoperability and standard of 3D spatial data also being investigated in parallel by the community as ways of data sharing and dissemination. It is the aim of this paper to share how the 3D Geoinfo conference addressed those geospatial disciplines annually from 2006 to 2022. This paper describes few early works on 3D GIS works such as by Zlatanova (1998), Pilouk (1996) and Abdul Rahman (2000). 3D geoinformation research has been investigated in academia and private entities (with research facility). This paper also will describe the other remaining 3D Geoinfo events till 2022 which was organized in Sydney. Two decades of research discussions by the experts and researchers in 3D geoinformation. Then reflections and conclusion also to be presented in this paper.