Buckley, Simon J.Howell, JohnNaumann, NicoleLewis, ConorChmielewska, MagdaRingdal, KariVanbiervliet, JorisTong, BoweiMulelid-Tynes, Oliver S.Foster, DylanMaxwell, GailPugsley, Jessica2023-05-052023-05-052022-03-09Buckley, S J, Howell, J, Naumann, N, Lewis, C, Chmielewska, M, Ringdal, K, Vanbiervliet, J, Tong, B, Mulelid-Tynes, O S, Foster, D, Maxwell, G & Pugsley, J 2022, 'V3Geo : A cloud-based repository for virtual 3D models in geoscience', Geoscience Communication, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 67-82. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2021-30, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-67-20222569-7102ORCID: /0000-0002-2148-0002/work/108322460https://hdl.handle.net/2164/20661Acknowledgments: The authors extend their thanks to the SAFARI consortium (https://safaridb.com, last access: 7 March 2022) for continued support and encouragement in developing the idea of a public outcrop and 3D model repository for the geoscience community. V3Geo is the culmination of several years of idea maturation and development. During this time, it has been discussed with and has received feedback from many members of the geoscience community, including the communities active around the Virtual Geoscience Conference series (https://vgc-series.org, last access: 7 March 2022) and workshops on digital geoscience initiatives convened in Pau (November 2018) and Amsterdam (January 2020), which helped provide inspiration and community support for the V3Geo initiative. Finally, we thank the groups from around the world who have been engaged with V3Geo by contributing models and providing feedback and support as well as examples of their own usage scenarios. Tobias Schmiedel and Fabio Crameri are thanked for their constructive reviews of the submitted manuscript.167714247engQE GeologyGB Physical geographyQA76 Computer softwareGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesSupplementary InformationQEGBQA76Journal article10.5194/gc-2021-3051