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Attribution

This repository contains code, documentation, and (optionally) processed geodata for an academic digital twin / flood-visualization prototype of the city of Trier (Germany).

Please keep this file with any redistribution of the repository or any exported builds that include the referenced datasets.


Primary geodata sources

Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz (LVermGeo RLP)

Data used (depending on project configuration):

  • Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) / DGM1 (GeoTIFF)
  • Digitale Orthophotos (DOP), e.g. DOP20
  • 3D-Gebäudemodelle (CityGML, LOD1/LOD2)

Provider: Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz (LVermGeo RLP)
License: Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0)
Attribution: © LVermGeo Rheinland-Pfalz (dl-de/by-2-0)
Accessed: 2025-12-13

Notes:

  • The repository may include derived products (e.g., heightmaps, texture tiles, meshes) generated from LVermGeo datasets. These derivatives remain subject to the original attribution requirements.
  • The download helper (scripts/dlscript_dop20.sh) builds a trust chain to geobasis-rlp.de; ensure CA handling complies with your environments security policies.

Optional / supplemental sources

OpenStreetMap

Data used (optional):

  • Building footprints and tags (heights/levels where available)
  • Roads, rivers, landuse, points of interest

Provider: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: Open Database License (ODbL)
Attribution: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Accessed: YYYY-MM-DD (fill in)

Notes:

  • If you redistribute derived databases or extracts in a way that triggers ODbL share-alike requirements, ensure compliance with ODbL terms (including attribution and, where applicable, sharing derivative databases under ODbL).

Hydrology / water level data (optional)

PEGELONLINE (WSV)

Data used (optional):

  • River gauge measurements (water levels), accessed via PEGELONLINE API

Provider: Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV), PEGELONLINE
Attribution: Data source: PEGELONLINE (WSV)
Accessed: YYYY-MM-DD (fill in)

Notes:

  • Ensure you follow PEGELONLINEs published terms and attribution requirements for your specific usage and redistribution context.

Software and tooling

  • GDAL (core dependency, MIT/X-style license). Used for VRT creation, warping, scaling, and raster translation in the Python pipeline.
  • cjio (Python dependency, MIT license). Included for CityJSON tooling; not all commands are wired into the main pipeline yet.
  • citygml-tools 2.4.0 (bundled under citygml-tools-2.4.0/, Apache License 2.0). Java CLI utilities for future CityGML/CityJSON conversion experiments.

Retain upstream license files when redistributing these tools or building derivative artifacts that embed them.


Project authorship (this repository)

All original code, scripts, and documentation authored by the project team are licensed under the repositorys main license (see LICENSE), unless stated otherwise in-file.


How to update this file

When adding new datasets, services, or bundled tools, include:

  1. Dataset/service/tool name
  2. Provider or upstream project
  3. License name/version
  4. Required attribution text
  5. Date accessed/downloaded