LiveBird Technologies

2D / 3D / 4D Mapping Solutions

Maps that let users move through space and time

From clean 2D cartography to photorealistic 3D scenes and time-enabled 4D analysis — scene servers, 3D tiles, terrain, reality meshes and digital twins on ArcGIS, CesiumJS, MapLibre and Mapbox.

Discuss your projectWhat's included
I3S · 3D Tiles
open 3D formats
CesiumJS · ArcGIS
open + commercial engines
Digital twins
campus to city

flooded 53% of area

Water level+2.2 m

Drag the water-level slider: a 3D terrain model recomputes the flood extent — the kind of 4D analysis we build into scenes.

01What's included

4 services in this practice

Jump to any service below — each one is a capability we deliver on its own or as part of a larger programme.

012D Mapping Solutions023D Scene Server Development033D Tiles / 3D Models / 3D Geospatial Data044D Mapping Solutions

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2D Mapping Solutions

Cartography that communicates: authoritative basemaps, thematic maps, print series and web maps with styling rules that scale from continent to parcel.

  • ArcGIS Pro
  • Mapbox Studio
  • QGIS
  • Vector tiles
ArcGIS Pro iconArcGIS ProArcGIS Online iconArcGIS OnlineQGIS print layouts & atlasMapLibre GL JS vector stylesOpenLayersLeafletPostGIS → vector tiles (ST_AsMVT)

What we deliver

  • Custom basemap styles (vector tiles) for web and mobile
  • Thematic and choropleth maps with data-driven symbology
  • ArcGIS Pro map series and atlas production
  • Accessibility-checked colour schemes
Ask about 2D Mapping

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3D Scene Server Development

Publishing and serving 3D content at scale: ArcGIS scene layers (I3S), Cesium 3D Tiles and terrain services, with caching, LOD strategy and security for city-scale scenes.

  • ArcGIS Enterprise
  • I3S
  • Cesium 3D Tiles
  • Terrain / DEM
ArcGIS Enterprise iconArcGIS EnterpriseArcGIS Pro iconArcGIS ProCesiumJS 3D Tiles, self-hostedGeoServer terrain & imagery WMTSPostGIS 3D geometriesMapLibre terrain-RGB tiles

What we deliver

  • ArcGIS Enterprise scene services and scene layer packages
  • Cesium ion or self-hosted 3D Tiles serving
  • Terrain and elevation services
  • Performance tuning for large scenes
Ask about 3D Scene

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3D Tiles / 3D Models / 3D Geospatial Data

Turning drone, LiDAR, BIM and photogrammetry into usable 3D: reality meshes, point clouds, building models and procedural cities, converted to I3S / 3D Tiles and integrated with GIS attributes.

  • ArcGIS Reality / Pro
  • CityEngine
  • Cesium
  • LiDAR / photogrammetry
ArcGIS CityEngine iconArcGIS CityEngineArcGIS Urban iconArcGIS UrbanArcGIS Pro iconArcGIS ProPostGIS 3D storageQGIS 3D views & point cloudsCesiumJS 3D Tilesdeck.gl Tile3DLayer / PointCloudLayer

What we deliver

  • Point cloud classification and mesh generation
  • BIM (Revit/IFC) to GIS conversion with attributes
  • Procedural city models with CityEngine
  • Georeferencing and quality control
Ask about 3D Tiles

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4D Mapping Solutions

Time as a dimension: flood and storm-surge scenarios, construction sequencing, historical change and predictive simulations played on the map with sliders, playback and comparisons.

  • ArcGIS Urban
  • Maps SDK for JavaScript (SceneView)
  • CesiumJS
  • Simulation models
ArcGIS Urban iconArcGIS UrbanArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript iconArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptCesiumJS CZML time-dynamic scenesQGIS Temporal Controllerdeck.gl TripsLayerPostgreSQL time-series tables

What we deliver

  • Time-enabled layers and animations
  • Scenario comparison and swipe views
  • Simulation integration (hydrology, traffic, growth)
  • Interactive scene apps for stakeholders
Ask about 4D Mapping

02Open-source stack

3D and 4D without a scene licence

CesiumJS renders 3D Tiles, terrain and time-dynamic scenes with no per-seat or per-view fee; MapLibre GL JS adds a globe, terrain and extruded buildings to 2D maps; deck.gl carries point clouds and trips; QGIS gives analysts 3D views and a temporal controller on the desktop. Data sits in PostGIS and is served by GeoServer.

3D Tiles and I3S are both open formats. We host 3D Tiles as static files on your storage or CDN, publish I3S from ArcGIS Enterprise where you already run it, and convert between the two.

Engines

CesiumJS

The open 3D globe: 3D Tiles 1.1 with metadata, quantized-mesh terrain, CZML timelines and clamped vector tiles.

MapLibre GL JS

Globe view, 3D terrain, sky and fill-extrusion buildings on vector tiles — 2.5D without leaving the 2D stack.

deck.gl

Tile3DLayer for 3D Tiles, PointCloudLayer for LiDAR and TripsLayer for animated movement, composited over MapLibre.

OpenLayers + OL-Cesium

A 2D OGC map that switches to a synchronised Cesium globe — one layer stack, two views.

Desktop

QGIS 4

3D map views, point-cloud rendering, the Temporal Controller for 4D playback and print atlases for 2D series.

Leaflet

For the 2D side: light embeds and public maps that link into the 3D scene.

Data and serving

PostgreSQL / PostGIS

3D geometries, building and asset attributes, time columns for scenarios, and vector tiles straight from SQL.

GeoServer

Imagery, terrain and thematic layers as WMTS/WMS draped on the scene, with GeoWebCache caching.

ArcGIS products used in this practice

  • ArcGIS ProArcGIS Pro
  • ArcGIS OnlineArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS EnterpriseArcGIS Enterprise
  • ArcGIS CityEngineArcGIS CityEngine
  • ArcGIS UrbanArcGIS Urban
  • ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript

Esri, ArcGIS and the ArcGIS product marks are trademarks of Esri, used here to identify the products we work with.

03Why LiveBird

What you get that a generic vendor won't give you

01

One 3D source of truth

BIM, reality capture and GIS attributes meet in one scene that planners, engineers and the public can open in a browser.

02

Scenes that perform

LOD strategy, tiling and caching tuned so city-scale meshes load on ordinary laptops and tablets.

03

Decisions with a time axis

Scenario sliders and playback turn static maps into tools for planning, response and communication.

04FAQ

Common questions

Scene servers, 3D tiles, terrain and time-aware maps.

Both are open, tiled 3D formats. We choose by ecosystem: I3S fits ArcGIS-centric organisations; 3D Tiles suits Cesium and open-source stacks. We also convert between them.

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