Pipe Network 3D Visualization Service Architecture

The visualization of pipe network has become one of the essential characteristics of urban pipe network management system. But for the distribution of related resources (e.g., data storage, modeling platform, etc.) and complex structure, the design and implementation of a pipe network visualization application is always a challenge. This contribution presents a service view in design and deployment phase to cope with the questions mentioned above, which takes separate resources as individual services and then make an integration to present pipe network 3D visualization service architecture with those services. With this architecture, service providers will be able to assemble a pipe network 3D visualization service that serves the needs of a company (or authority) responsible for some particular underground pipe network systems. This paper presents the pipe network visualization service architecture and a developed pipe network visualization service prototype.