The city in one picture.
Solar on public roofs, heat planning, a site for an investor, a question in the council: whatever is up for decision has a place. SovAtlas shows buildings, roofs, sun and sites in 3D, in the browser and without installation.
The film shows a city's roofs by solar suitability, sun and shadow over the buildings, the building stock in 3D, a business park with standard land value zones and an approach in which aerial imagery, 3D buildings, drone geo-zones and solar suitability come together one after another.
- Which roofs can carry solar? Solar suitability per building
- Sun and shadow. At any hour of the year
- The building stock in 3D. Buildings with height and use
- A site for the investor. Standard land value zones
- Everything in one map. Aerial, buildings, geo-zones, solar
Trailer, 32 seconds: solar roofs, sun and shadow, the building stock in 3D, a business park with standard land value zones and several layers in one map. All footage taken from the product.
Plan, involve, attract.
Urban planning, climate protection, economic development and council talk about the same city. One picture makes the question the same for everyone.
Roofs and heat
- Solar suitability per roof, with estimated yield on click.
- Buildings with height, footprint and use as the spatial basis before heat planning starts calculating.
- A temperature surface interpolated from DWD measurements.
Municipal heat plans for municipalities up to 100,000 inhabitants by 30 June 2028 (Section 4(2) WPG)
Impact before construction
- Shadows cast by the buildings for any day and any hour.
- The viewshed from a point or a roof.
- Protected areas, flood zones and noise mapping in the same picture.
Development plans and public participation
Show the sites
- Sites, buildings and terrain in 3D with standard land value zones.
- Parcel and standard land value on click.
- An open map embedded in your own location portal.
Business attraction and location marketing
The council asks: which roofs can carry solar?
Roofs are coloured by their suitability for solar power, based on pitch and orientation in the 3D building model. A click on a building shows suitability, roof pitch, orientation and the estimated annual yield.
Public roofs, schools and halls with good suitability are clear at a glance, for the council decision and for the conversation with the municipal utility and community energy groups.
- Solar suitability and estimated yield per building
- Roof pitch and orientation on click
- A list of municipal roofs by suitability
- A public solar roof map for your residents
How much sun does the square get in March at 5 pm?
The buildings' shadows at any time of day, from a winter morning to a summer evening, with the sun position of the chosen date.
For squares, playgrounds, new buildings and solar installations: where the sun is and where the shadow falls, before anything is built.
- Sun position and shadow by date and hour
- Your planned new building as a 3D model in the same picture
What stands where, how tall, for what?
3D buildings with height, footprint, roof pitch, roof orientation and function from the cadastre, on click. Added to that, the population grid of the 2022 census.
The spatial basis for heat planning, district concepts and public participation, without first building your own city model.
- 3D buildings with height and function from the cadastre
- Population grid of the 2022 census
- Your properties with documents per building
- Districts and planning areas as an outline on top
An investor asks about a site.
Sites, buildings and terrain in 3D, with the standard land value zones as of 1 January 2026; parcel and standard land value on click.
The picture for the first conversation about a site, also embedded in your own location portal and controlled from your own page.
- Standard land value zones and parcels on click
- Embedding of open maps on approved addresses
- Your available commercial sites as a layer with a profile
Your data in the same picture.
The map brings what is officially and openly available. Your plans, properties and sites are added, public or protected.
- Properties, commercial sites, planning areas, construction sites, points of interest
- Solar suitability per roof, installations from the energy market register, wind turbines
- Protected areas, flood zones, noise mapping, temperature surface
- 3D buildings with height, use and roof
- Terrain, aerial imagery, parcels, standard land values, population grid
- Documents per building: data sheet, photo, video or 3D tour, opened with one click.
- Embed open maps on your website and control them from your own page.
- Access per map, protected by password or personal access link.
- Your specialist data as a layer, from your GIS via WMS or WFS, the way we already integrate specialist data from cities today.
- A public map for residents and a protected one for the administration.
What getting started looks like.
We show you your city in one picture, around your questions.
Demo
One hour, your questions: roofs, sun, building stock and sites in an example city.
Pilot project
A map for your city with your first data; defined scope, defined term.
Expand
More maps for more departments, your specialist data as layers and, if you wish, a public map.
To take away and pass on.
Topic sheet: Municipalities and planning
Two pages to pass on: solar roofs, sun and shadow, building stock and sites with examples from the product, plus how to get started.
Demo for council and administration
One hour on your city: roofs, sun, building stock and sites; afterwards a summary as a PDF for your committees.
Which city should we show you?
In a demo we show SovAtlas on your city, using the data already available there.