Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, recently announced a strategic partnership with Google to integrate Google’s high-quality geospatial content with Bentley’s infrastructure engineering software and digital twin platform to boost the way infrastructure is designed, built, and operated.
According to Industry sources, this partnership boosts Bentley software clients and developers to leverage Google Maps Platform geospatial content, including Google’s stunning photorealistic 3D tiles, to bring real-world geospatial context and immersive 3D experiences into their digital workflows. The partnership complements Bentley’s recent acquisition of Cesium, the foundational open platform for spacing powerful 3D geospatial applications and the creator of the open standard for 3D Tiles leveraged by Google. Bentley is also partnering with Google Cloud to deliver AI-powered insights for asset analytics.
Nicholas Cumins, CEO of Bentley, stated: “ By combining Google’s rich geospatial content and cloud capabilities with Bentley’s infrastructure engineering software and digital twin platform, infrastructure professionals can improve their work and ensure projects and assets are built and operated in a more resilient and sustainable way. This collaboration demonstrates how open standards, such as 3D tiles, can help infrastructure professionals evolve their practices by harnessing the power of geospatial context.”
Chris Phillips, Vice President and General Manager of Geo at Google, commented: “ Photorealistic 3D tiles in Google Maps Platform create breathtaking, immersive experiences and have the potential to transform workflows for architects, engineers, and city planners. We’re excited to partner with Bentley to provide powerful geospatial context and capabilities that can dramatically improve the way infrastructure is designed, built, and operated with data.”
Industry sources further added that as a digital representation of the physical world, digital twins unlock meaningful value and insights across the entire infrastructure lifecycle, from project planning and design to asset construction and operations. By leveraging the engineering data created and managed in Bentley software alongside Google’s geospatial data, AI and analytics, and cloud technologies, engineers can design and operate infrastructure in context and at scale to address current day’s most pressing challenges, from mitigating climate risk to maintaining aging infrastructure.