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GOVERNMENT & CITY ADMINISTRATION · MONTENEGRO

Herceg Novi

Geospatial Data & Solar Potential Geoportal

Herceg Novi links a 5 cm RGB+NIR orthophoto, 150 pts/m² classified LiDAR and a complete LoD2 dataset with solar information for 16,817 buildings to operational browser-based solar and 3D Geoportal modules.

LocationMunicipality of Herceg Novi, including Herceg Novi and the Luštica 1 and Luštica 2 survey areas
ClientMunicipality of Herceg Novi
MapSoft rolePhase I: direct contractor to the Municipality of Herceg Novi for geospatial data and solar-potential production. Phase II: joint contractor-group member and holder/leader of the joint bid, contractually responsible for the open-source Web GIS/Geoportal, roof-solar-potential module, interactive 3D city and point-cloud module, basic user/administrator training within its scope and contractor-group coordination. B-ONE developed the tax/decision-delivery module.
Project context

One municipal spatial-information chain from reality capture to browser access

The two-phase programme connected current city-scale imagery and LiDAR with structured building and roof data, solar-potential analytics and a municipal 2D/3D web environment.

Project-area map showing Herceg Novi, Luštica 1 and Luštica 2 survey areas.
3,484 haFinal survey footprint
16,817Solar-potential building count
150 pts/m²Point-cloud density
5 cmOrthophoto GSD · RGB+NIR
Reality capture

High-resolution acquisition across a complex coastal and mountainous footprint

The documented acquisition covered Herceg Novi and two Luštica areas, combining dense airborne LiDAR, four-band RGB+NIR imagery and measured ground control.

Flight-trajectory overview covering the documented coastal and Luštica acquisition areas.
Realized airborne flight trajectory
Example of a marked and measured ground control point used in the aerial-survey control framework.
Photo-signalled ground control point
Detailed orthophoto view of the Herceg Novi waterfront and marina area.
High-resolution orthophoto detail
Data production

Turning dense point data into a complete LoD2 building and roof dataset

Georeferencing, colourization, classification, vectorization and manual correction transformed the raw acquisition into a complete LoD2 building and roof dataset suitable for building-level and solar analysis.

Processed point-cloud view showing classified building roofs and other mapped surface classes.
Point-cloud classification
Colorized dense urban point cloud; final density 150 pts/m².
Processed 3D LiDAR point cloud
Project illustrations showing the transition from 3D point data to structured roof-facet geometry.
  1. 01Plan and permit airborne acquisition
  2. 02Acquire RGB+NIR imagery and dense LiDAR
  3. 03Produce orthophoto and classified/colorized point cloud
  4. 04Vectorize and correct building/roof geometry
  5. 05Calculate and store roof-level solar indicators
  6. 06Publish through Web Geoportal solar and 3D modules
  7. 07Integrate wider municipal context while preserving partner responsibility
Solar intelligence

From roof geometry to building-level solar-potential information

Structured roof facets were populated with annual and monthly solar-potential indicators and potential per unit area, using the documented project model assumptions.

Roof-facet visualization with annual potential, potential per square metre and roof areas.
16,817LoD2 buildings with solar-potential attributes
20%documented panel-efficiency model assumption
Annual + monthlyroof-level indicators plus potential per m²
Web Geoportal

Making the spatial foundation operational in a standard browser

Phase II exposed the project data through an open-source municipal Web GIS environment with MapSoft responsibility for the Geoportal, roof-solar analysis and interactive 3D city and point-cloud module. The Geoportal remains operational as of September 2026.

The wider contractor solution also includes a property-tax / decision-delivery module developed by B-ONE; MapSoft's software scope focuses on the Geoportal, solar-analysis and 3D modules.

Real final-stage municipal Geoportal home with project map modules.
Geoportal home
Real Geoportal map interface displaying spatial-plan and cadastral/thematic layers.
Municipal spatial-plan map interface
User-manual interface documenting the municipal Geoportal environment.
Geoportal user documentation
Solar analysis module

Roof-level solar analysis in the real deployed interface

Users can select roof surfaces and inspect area, total annual potential, potential per square metre and monthly values within the Geoportal map environment.

Web map showing roof facets and selected-roof monthly/annual solar-potential values.
3D Geoportal module

Interactive 3D city and point-cloud module

The operational browser-based module provides interactive access to the colorized point cloud, city objects and mapped locations.

Operational interactive 3D city and point-cloud module in the Herceg Novi Geoportal.
Measured outputs

A data foundation that continues into operational municipal use

The project combines high-resolution geospatial products, structured solar data and real software interfaces rather than treating acquisition and software as separate outputs.

Sample representing the final 5 cm RGB+NIR orthophoto delivered in 259 sheets.

Digital orthophoto

Four-band RGB+NIR municipal orthophoto.

5 cm/pixel · 259 sheets
Colorized dense urban point cloud; final density 150 pts/m².

Colorized classified point cloud

Dense four-channel point cloud with ground, unassigned, building and water classes.

150 pts/m² · LAS 1.4
Roof-facet visualization with annual potential, potential per square metre and roof areas.

Solar-potential database / attributes

Annual and monthly roof indicators plus potential per square metre.

16,817 buildings
Real final-stage municipal Geoportal home with project map modules.

Open-source Web Geoportal

Real deployed/public-facing municipal browser interface; MapSoft Phase II contractual scope.

Web GIS
Web map showing roof facets and selected-roof monthly/annual solar-potential values.

Roof solar-potential web module

Roof selection, symbology, spatial analysis and annual/monthly indicators.

Web module
Operational interactive 3D city and point-cloud module in the Herceg Novi Geoportal.

Interactive 3D city and point-cloud module

Interactive browser environment for the colorized point cloud, city objects and mapped locations.

Web 3D module
Operational value

One measurable chain from reality capture to municipal spatial intelligence

The Municipality received an up-to-date high-resolution four-band orthophoto and dense classified 3D point cloud over 3,484 ha, together with a complete LoD2 building dataset and solar-potential attributes for 16,817 buildings. Phase II made these data usable through browser-based solar analysis and an interactive 3D city and point-cloud module. The Geoportal remains operational as of September 2026. The wider platform also presents property-tax/decision information, but that software module remains B-ONE's responsibility.

City-scale reality capture reused directly in the operational web platformComplete LoD2 building dataset with roof-by-roof solar intelligence for 16,817 buildingsInteractive 3D city and point-cloud inspectionGeoportal confirmed operational in September 2026
Portfolio proof

What this project proves

Herceg Novi demonstrates MapSoft's ability to connect both core pillars in one coherent delivery: city-scale geospatial acquisition and data production, complete LoD2 building/roof geometry with domain-specific solar intelligence, and real browser-based 2D/3D municipal applications. It also proves disciplined partner integration by keeping B-ONE's tax module correctly attributed.

One measurable chain from reality capture to operational municipal spatial intelligence.

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