Wouldn't it be a more compelling product if you sold the model, not the model-making tool? If I was the city of Portland, I would rather just buy the pre-made Portland model than have an intern build it with CityEngine.
CityEngine is a procedural generation tool, it isn’t really meant to compete with real world data providers. For something like Google Earth but available as GIS data, you can use a provider like NearMap.
n8cpdx|3 years ago
CityEngine is better for planning out and comparing future scenarios, and other specific use cases. E.g. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sOY3LY688QI
Disclosure: I work at Esri but not in a sales role. I am also a customer.