Cesium ion
Cesium ion is a robust, scalable, and secure platform for 3D geospatial data. Upload your content and Cesium ion will optimize it, tile it into web friendly formats, serve it up in the cloud, and stream it out to any device.
With Cesium ion, you'll have access to our curated 3D content including Cesium World Terrain and Bing Maps imagery. Fuse this with your own data to see your data on a 3D map of the world, or just provide more context.
Our tools are built for 3D geospatial—and tied to precise map coordinates. We first built Cesium to track objects in space, and the incredible precision required is baked into our platform.
Create, host, and fuse 3D content in the cloud with Cesium ion
Features
3D data tiling in the cloud
Cesium ion converts your data into high quality 3D visualizations using the 3D Tiles format.
It's compatible with:
- Point clouds
- Photogrammetry
- BIM/CAD
- 3D buildings
- Imagery
- Terrain
The fastest way to stream 3D
Optimize massive 3D content with tools built to scale for lightning fast processing.
Accurate and precise results
Measure, analyze, and make decisions with confidence based on visualizations as precise as your source data.
Curated 3D geospatial content
Explore our collection of beautiful 3D content, and combine it with your own data for more complete coverage and accurate analysis.
Access ready-to-stream 3D content
Use content, including Cesium World Terrain and Bing Maps imagery, optimized for 3D map visualization and curated from terabytes of open and commercial data.
Fuse your content with ours
Integrate your source data with our content—and host it all on Cesium ion.
Cloud-based hosting built for 3D
Our cloud-based infrastructure is built to host massive and complex geospatial datasets and give you full control over your content.
Built-in geocoding
Our Geocoding API translates names and addresses into precise locations on the globe. Your Cesium ion account includes access to geocoding and is connected to the CesiumJS geocoding widget by default.
Custom plans
Cesium ion is built to scale. We offer custom plans and support offerings when our standard subscriptions aren't quite what our users need. Many of the tools and features that power Cesium ion are also available for offline and on-premise use.
Contact our sales team to discuss what your project needs—we're happy to find the best solution for you.
Get started with Cesium ion
Our community accounts are free for exploratory demos, development, and non-commercial use.