Blogs
Hydrodynamic Model of Khakovka dam breach
In the hours and days after the catastrophic Kakhovka dam break in Ukraine, Tygron worked intensively with Arcadis to build a model in order to gain better insights into the disaster.
Interactively developing urban plans by using connected geo-applications in a Digital Twin
Several partners involved with ‘De Kien’ in Deventer are working on digital twin applications. ‘De Kien’ is the name of an innovative campus and development hub, but also a network of partners
Rotterdam in action: Cooperation and Participation as an answer to heat stress
The engineering office of the Municipality of Rotterdam is working on ways to visually design complex projects. This can be done by means of a 3D model that is based
Heat analytics for the city of Amsterdam
Climate experts Marijke Clarisse, Ruben Gauw, Hester Wilderburg, Frans Wijkhuizen and Govert ter Mos from the municipal engineering firm Ingenieursbureau Amsterdam (IB Amsterdam) have successfully completed a course on ‘Modelling
Modelling the flying routes of bats in a Digital Twin
The City of Rotterdam faces a huge challenge. Many new homes need to be built. The city must remain accessible, with opportunities for business. But there is also a strong
Tygron’s API in practice
The Tygron API has been available to all Tygron users since the beginning of 2020. This opens up an endless amount of new possibilities for using the Tygron Platform. The
Logbook flooding in Limburg (NL) 16 juli 2021
In July, 2021 the Dutch watersystem was confronted with a historical runoff of water. In the hours after the flood, the Tygron Team has processed all relevant data and tried
Importing 3D models into the Tygron Platform
The Tygron Platform automatically generates a 3D world by combining open data. The buildings in the 3D world have LoD (Level of Detail) 2. Read more about how the roof
Hyper-resolution Flooding of the Bommelerwaard
Last year Tygron breached the 1 billion grid cells threshold. Today we are using this Massively parallel GPU technology (100.000 execution tasks in parallel) for more use-cases and refining it
What is the most effective way of planting trees to reduce heat stress?
As a result of climate change, there is an increase in the amount and duration of heat waves in the Netherlands (KNMI, 2020). Heat stress resulting from these heat waves
River Deltas at High Resolution
In a previous blog entry we showed that it was possible to calculate a 60x60km map at very high resolution (1m). This is especially useful for small canals and surface
Climate adaptive design of the Amersfoort Station Area; How a Digital Twin can help.
It’s getting warmer and drier. Rain showers are getting shorter and heavier. It is a reason for the municipality of Amersfoort to take a good look at the design of
