Bentley Systems acquires 3D geospatial company
09 September 2024
Bentley Systems has announced that it has acquired 3D geospatial company Cesium.
Cesium is an open platform for creating 3D geospatial applications, and its 3D Tiles open standard has been widely adopted by leading enterprises, governments, and tens of thousands of application developers globally. The company鈥檚 open-source offerings have more than ten million downloads.
Bentley鈥檚 iTwin Platform powers digital twin solutions that are used by engineering and construction firms and owner-operators to design, build, and operate the world鈥檚 infrastructure.
The company says that the combination of Cesium plus iTwin enables developers to align 3D geospatial data with engineering, subsurface, IoT, reality, and enterprise data to create digital twins.
Bentley CEO Nicholas Cumins said, 鈥淎 3D geospatial view is the most intuitive way for owner-operators and engineering services providers to search for, query, and visualize information about infrastructure networks and assets. With the combined capabilities of Cesium and iTwin, infrastructure professionals can make better informed decisions in full 3D geospatial context鈥攁ll within a single, highly performant environment.鈥
Komatsu, one of the world鈥檚 biggest OEMs, uses Cesium鈥檚 3D geospatial technology to monitor construction sites globally, track changes over time, compare architectural plans with real-world data, and run precise and near real-time measurements.
鈥淲ith Cesium as part of Bentley, we can further enrich our Smart Construction digital twins with engineering models, subsurface data, and more, for safer and more efficient construction projects,鈥 said Chikashi Shike, executive officer, Smart Construction Promotion Division, Komatsu.
With the acquisition Patrick Cozzi, CEO of Cesium, was named Bentley鈥檚 chief platform officer, leading the development of the combined Cesium and iTwin platform offerings, reporting to Bentley鈥檚 CTO, Julien Moutte.
The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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