UCF GeoLens
UCF GeoLens is an urban digital twin platform developed at the University of Central Florida. It provides an interactive 3D geospatial environment for visualizing, monitoring, and analyzing real-time and historical data layers across a city — from live traffic flows and air quality readings to CO₂ sensor networks and emergency management events.
The platform is built on CesiumJS for photorealistic 3D globe rendering and is deployed at geo-lens.net.
What Can You Do With GeoLens?
| Category | Features |
|---|---|
| Planning Data | Land use classification maps for Orlando and Altamonte Springs |
| Live Observation | Real-time traffic, FDOT cameras, NY street cameras, AQI, and weather |
| UCF Research | CO₂ sensor network, spatial interpolation, camera interoperability, emergency events |
| Analysis | Bounding box / polygon tools with temperature heatmaps, weather alerts, river gauges, flood risk, SVI, aviation conditions |
| 3D Visualization | Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles via Cesium Ion |
Who Is This Documentation For?
- Researchers & students at UCF who use GeoLens to analyze urban data
- Developers extending or maintaining the platform
- Stakeholders who want to understand what data sources and capabilities are available
Quick Navigation
Set up GeoLens locally and configure your environment🗺️ Map Interface
Learn how to navigate the sidebar and Cesium 3D globe🌫️ CO₂ Interpolation
Gaussian process spatial interpolation across sensor networks📐 Analysis Tools
Draw regions and run multi-layer environmental analysis
Key Concepts
Urban Digital Twin
GeoLens is a digital twin — a live, synchronized virtual model of physical urban systems. Data from sensors, traffic APIs, weather services, and governmental datasets are fused onto a single 3D map to support research, planning, and situational awareness.
Bounding Box Analysis
Many analytical features are scoped to a user-defined geographic region. Draw a rectangle, polygon, or select a county/state boundary, then activate one or more analytical filters to fetch and visualize data within that area.
Live vs. Planning Data
The sidebar organizes features into two top-level categories:
- Planning Data — static or infrequently-updated layers (e.g., land use zoning)
- Live Observation — real-time feeds that update continuously
Open the App
The live application is available at https://geo-lens.net. You will need an account to access it — see Authentication for details.