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3D OpenStreetMap

250 points by faebi 4y ago

Ptchd 4y ago
I wasn't able to get the 3d effect...
- Sujan 4y ago
  Ground elevation was by default turned off for me, but via the burger menu and then "Graphic options" I could turn it on.
  - pedalpete 4y ago
    Yeah, they definitely need better UX
- pedalpete 4y ago
  Neither was I, thought it was a location based thing, like maybe it only works in the USA, so tried SF. Nothing. Maybe the UX needs work to make it obvious how to get 3D?
- kombai 4y ago
  I just zoomed and the 3d effects was activated. What browser are you using ?
  - Ptchd 4y ago
    I tried Chromium and Firefox.. it usually looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/9m2wExo.png https://i.imgur.com/9m2wExo.png ... maybe they are overloaded
luckylion 4y ago
Very cool, and surprisingly accurate.
mdip 4y ago
It looks quite impressive; guessing the server is getting more traffic than it's designed for (and it doesn't seem to cache tiles, at least not partially loaded ones, maybe?). Is it normally significantly slower in Firefox than Edge/Chrome or is that just my b0rked up daily browser?
faebi 4y ago
It looks like my link has been edited by a mod. I purposefully placed the view in an area of Zürich with nice colorful roofs: https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3558590&lon=8.5115912&zoom=17 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3558590&lon=8.5115912&zoom=17 Also one needs to press the 3D Button on the top right, and maybe enable elevation in the graphic options menu hidden behind the burger menu.
- lolc 4y ago
  Ah looking at your link it actually does use roof data! Nice work! I'd zoomed in on a place where I'd provided building heights and was pleased to see that it did use that. Not all "3D" OSM renderers do even that. These renderers dearly need better topography though. The resolution is insufficient unfortunately.
- pvg 4y ago
  The html contains a canonical link which HN uses. link rel="canonical" href="//demo.f4map.com"
- The_suffocated 4y ago
  The compass button slightly confuses me. I thought the arrow in anticlockwise direction was intended to turn the map anticlockwise, but it actually works like a GPS navigator, i.e., it works as if I turn my car to the left and the direction ahead is always the upward direction on the map.
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thih9 4y ago
Here’s Notre Dame [1]. For some reason I also see a Venus de Milo standing in front of it. [1]: https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=48.8526614&lon=2.3504599&zoom=18&camera.theta=45.069&camera.phi=-124.112 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=48.8526614&lon=2.3504599&zoom=18...
- RunningDroid 4y ago
  > For some reason I also see a Venus de Milo standing in front of it. It looks like that's the Galerie des Rois¹, I assume it's using the default statue rendering due to lack of data or something. ¹: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6419399963 https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6419399963
- SergeAx 4y ago
  Construction cranes are hilarious.
- julienfr112 4y ago
  and also figuring it's spire, that is no more.
smy1es 4y ago
I'm wondering where it is getting the data for the high-resolution buildings? For example, Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in London has a detailed model, and so too does nearby Westminster Abbey, and several famous structures nearby. https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=51.5006147&lon=-0.1253329&zoom=18 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=51.5006147&lon=-0.1253329&zoom=1...
- tppiotrowski 4y ago
  It looks like there is a JSON[1] mapping OSM (id's?) to textures[2] and a .bis file which I believe is a 3D model format. This is super impressive. I've been working on shademap.app for the past few years and they've implemented it's main functionality as an afterthought. [1] https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/24b0c4ec554a244c253e6a79e052e4fc8bd8b0ea/mapping.json https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/24b0c4ec554a244c253e6a... [2] https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/e9e7a1217400e3fae1e56ef55501890c7999ab8d/data/textures/ANGLETERRE_LONDRES_BigBen.png https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/e9e7a1217400e3fae1e56e...
einpoklum 4y ago
The surface elevations are somehow scaled-down, making mountains seem like rolling hills, and hills like almost-level ground... But otherwise, it's neat :-)
- ciphol 4y ago
  I think that's real life.
conzept 4y ago
Very well done. Looks so nice with elevations, trees, shadows and even infrastructure details. Hooked the lat/lon fields up to my encyclopedia project. Example: https://conze.pt/explore/Bern?l=en&t=link&i=Q70&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdemo.f4map.com%2F%23lat%3D46.94798%26lon%3D7.44743%26zoom%3D16&c=46.94798,7.44743&s=true# https://conze.pt/explore/Bern?l=en&t=link&i=Q70&u=https%3A%2...
- simondotau 4y ago
  And animation. Somebody is having fun. https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3695681&lon=8.5092646&zoom=20 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3695681&lon=8.5092646&zoom=20
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noasaservice 4y ago
Now: Oops! Unauthorized F4map API usage. If you are this website administrator, please contact the support at support@f4map.com.
JaggerFoo 4y ago
I'm very impressed. There are places along the US border that show the buildings and lanes for crossing into the US distinctly with labeling. Can this be embedded in a mobile app?
- jumelles 4y ago
  All the info is coming from OpenStreetMap.
slater 4y ago
Guess we hugged it? "Oops! Unauthorized F4map API usage. If you are this website administrator, please contact the support at [email]." Firefox 106, macOS
crazygringo 4y ago
Can someone give more context here? It's a cool 3D map, but this submission is at almost 100 points and I have no idea what it's about. Is this submission about... - A private or open-source map visualization engine that's doing something new? (And if so, what?) - A demonstration of all the 3D data already in OpenSourceMap? (Has it made a leap forwards or something? How complete is it?) - Something else? Is this something new and newsworthy or just somebody re-posting something that's been around for a decade? I'm just totally lost here.
- defanor 4y ago
  I don't know about this project, but OSM data included information on levels for a while (and it was used, in addition to just being there: e.g., in JOSM you can switch between levels for editing; not sure if I saw 3D rendering of OSM data before, but that's possible). While this looks like a demo by a commercial company selling "Interactive Map Solutions": not major news about OSM itself, but may be amusing to poke.
- oliv3r 4y ago
  Note, that OSM lists this one and more in their wiki; https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/3D https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/3D P.S. The F4 map app is proprietary ;)
  - notpushkin 4y ago
    Should we replace the link?
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
  I would guess that it's "A demonstration of all the 3D data already in OpenSourceMap" As heights and number of levels on the building has been a part of the dataset for a while now: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:height https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:height https://blog.mapbox.com/mapping-3d-building-features-in-openstreetmap-7685ee12712a https://blog.mapbox.com/mapping-3d-building-features-in-open... It's obviously not complete. I took 2 locations that I know well (different countries) and the first has relatively realistic looking 3-d building shapes. The other has nothing. And that it's using a 3rd party engine. Since the OSM data is "open", there's nothing wrong with making use of it.
todotask 4y ago
Did not expect to find a missing skyscape in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=1.2842228&lon=103.8603026&zoom=18 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=1.2842228&lon=103.8603026&zoom=1...
- ciphol 4y ago
  Scroll a bit down and you can see animated construction cranes moving goods from place to place!
nerdbert 4y ago
It's cute, but at least in Amsterdam it seems to have no idea how tall most buildings actually are, and uses random heights. On streets where all the buildings are the same height, the map makes it look like a lively bar chart.
twelvechairs 4y ago
This is great but one thing worth noting is it doesn't have 3d topography, which is pretty critical if you are looking at the world in 3d in many areas
- kqr 4y ago
  I noticed this too. I suspect maybe it's because it wants to use only data within OSM?
- infthi 4y ago
  it does have 3d topogrsphy but you have to enable it in graphic options
PontifexMinimus 4y ago
It would be really nice if this was linked with contour data to produce realistic shaped hills.
skykooler 4y ago
Interestingly, this does not trigger the automatic graphics switching on my laptop, which I take to mean that this is not using webgl but rather is doing the rendering in software. Is there any information on the technology used for this?
vbezhenar 4y ago
Height is wrong for my home. Seems to be absolutely random. Some buildings are literally intersect. It's fun visualization, but I hope that nobody would use it to get any data.
- doodlebugging 4y ago
  I noticed the height of quite a few buildings in Ft Worth, Texas is also wrong. A number of buildings are way off. I made an OpenStreetMap account to leave a note but decided that was not the way to go about reporting that type of issue since this appears to be a separate product built on top of their work so I didn't leave anything. Anyway, nice job. I also could not find a way to see things using a satellite overlay. Maybe I didn't click enough buttons. Side note - The symbol used by OSM for trees causes the area around my place to show palm trees. I thought that was funny. I live on a rock outcrop and I think you would need to hire a tree sitter to keep a palm tree alive near my house. I understand the symbols are generalized. That was funny though.
  - habi 4y ago
    > I noticed the height of quite a few buildings in Ft Worth, Texas is also wrong. They render buildings that are missing `height` or `building:levels` data in OSM with 3 levels by default. So you could add this data to OSM to make it render.
    - doodlebugging 4y ago
      I will have to explore the process for updating those features now that I have an account. I read the how-to section and it looks like a process where a new user would submit a potential change and other experienced users would dissect the change to determine whether anything would be broken before applying it. Thanks for the clue about which attribute to search for.
      - habi 4y ago
        All changes to OpenStreetMap are applied immediately, even for new users. You can ask for a review [1], but this is an optional flag in your changes Errors are corrected after the fact, if there are any. A low-key way of the OSM data is https://streetcomplete.app/ https://streetcomplete.app/, or http://every-door.app/ http://every-door.app/ if you’re on iOS. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me, my username on ODM is the same as here. [1]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:review_requested https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:review_requested
mendelk 4y ago
All I'm getting is a message: "Oops! Unauthorized F4map API usage. If you are this website administrator, please contact the support at support@f4map.com."
bigtones 4y ago
A large majority of these elevations and building footprints donated to OpenStreetMap (over 900 Million) were contributed by Microsoft from Bing Maps. Microsoft now also incorporates OpenStreetMap data into Bing Maps. https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints/ https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints/ https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft_Building_Footprint_Data https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft_Building_Footp...
dirkt 4y ago
It's just building elevation though, no terrain elevation at all (though the data is there). Also, elevation for many buildings just seems to be a guess.
- AlexTrask 4y ago
  It's not very intuitive,if you go to the graphic options you can enable the ground elevation
  - extropy 4y ago
    Tried ground elevation, seems to be broken. All buildings started floating hundreds of meters above the still flat terrain.
    - SergeAx 4y ago
      Works fine for me in mobile Firefox Android.
slazaro 4y ago
I've just browsed for a minute, and aesthetically, I think the trees/grass/water try to be realistic and they're too high-frequency for them to be pleasing IMO. Flat colored trees and grass, and simpler water shading would make everything more cohesive. It's like some things are minimalist / low poly looking (buildings, roads) and others try to be realistic (and kind of failing) and they don't fit.
gbuckingham89 4y ago
Love the cranes that appear for Construction Areas
Aeolun 4y ago
This just takes the floor plan data and assumes every building is the same height and shape?
- starsep 4y ago
  Only if there is no additional information. Most buildings have polygon on ground level and height/number of levels. It's possible to make more complex shapes
- IshKebab 4y ago
  Not quite. Some buildings are different heights and some even have multiple levels. Obviously nowhere near what Google Maps does now. More like what they were doing 10 years ago. Still cool though.
advisedwang 4y ago
I live in a hilly place, and it's a very strange effect to see the buildings in 3D but rendered on flat terrain!

3D OpenStreetMap

250 points by faebi 4y ago

Ptchd 4y ago

I wasn't able to get the 3d effect...

Sujan 4y ago
Ground elevation was by default turned off for me, but via the burger menu and then "Graphic options" I could turn it on.
- pedalpete 4y ago
  Yeah, they definitely need better UX
pedalpete 4y ago
Neither was I, thought it was a location based thing, like maybe it only works in the USA, so tried SF. Nothing. Maybe the UX needs work to make it obvious how to get 3D?
kombai 4y ago
I just zoomed and the 3d effects was activated. What browser are you using ?
- Ptchd 4y ago
  I tried Chromium and Firefox.. it usually looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/9m2wExo.png https://i.imgur.com/9m2wExo.png ... maybe they are overloaded

luckylion 4y ago

Very cool, and surprisingly accurate.

mdip 4y ago

It looks quite impressive; guessing the server is getting more traffic than it's designed for (and it doesn't seem to cache tiles, at least not partially loaded ones, maybe?). Is it normally significantly slower in Firefox than Edge/Chrome or is that just my b0rked up daily browser?

faebi 4y ago

It looks like my link has been edited by a mod. I purposefully placed the view in an area of Zürich with nice colorful roofs: https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3558590&lon=8.5115912&zoom=17 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3558590&lon=8.5115912&zoom=17 Also one needs to press the 3D Button on the top right, and maybe enable elevation in the graphic options menu hidden behind the burger menu.

lolc 4y ago
Ah looking at your link it actually does use roof data! Nice work! I'd zoomed in on a place where I'd provided building heights and was pleased to see that it did use that. Not all "3D" OSM renderers do even that. These renderers dearly need better topography though. The resolution is insufficient unfortunately.
pvg 4y ago
The html contains a canonical link which HN uses. link rel="canonical" href="//demo.f4map.com"
The_suffocated 4y ago
The compass button slightly confuses me. I thought the arrow in anticlockwise direction was intended to turn the map anticlockwise, but it actually works like a GPS navigator, i.e., it works as if I turn my car to the left and the direction ahead is always the upward direction on the map.

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thih9 4y ago

Here’s Notre Dame [1]. For some reason I also see a Venus de Milo standing in front of it. [1]: https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=48.8526614&lon=2.3504599&zoom=18&camera.theta=45.069&camera.phi=-124.112 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=48.8526614&lon=2.3504599&zoom=18...

RunningDroid 4y ago
> For some reason I also see a Venus de Milo standing in front of it. It looks like that's the Galerie des Rois¹, I assume it's using the default statue rendering due to lack of data or something. ¹: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6419399963 https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6419399963
SergeAx 4y ago
Construction cranes are hilarious.
julienfr112 4y ago
and also figuring it's spire, that is no more.

smy1es 4y ago

I'm wondering where it is getting the data for the high-resolution buildings? For example, Big Ben at the Houses of Parliament in London has a detailed model, and so too does nearby Westminster Abbey, and several famous structures nearby. https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=51.5006147&lon=-0.1253329&zoom=18 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=51.5006147&lon=-0.1253329&zoom=1...

tppiotrowski 4y ago
It looks like there is a JSON[1] mapping OSM (id's?) to textures[2] and a .bis file which I believe is a 3D model format. This is super impressive. I've been working on shademap.app for the past few years and they've implemented it's main functionality as an afterthought. [1] https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/24b0c4ec554a244c253e6a79e052e4fc8bd8b0ea/mapping.json https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/24b0c4ec554a244c253e6a... [2] https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/e9e7a1217400e3fae1e56ef55501890c7999ab8d/data/textures/ANGLETERRE_LONDRES_BigBen.png https://models.f4map.com/cacheForever/e9e7a1217400e3fae1e56e...

einpoklum 4y ago

The surface elevations are somehow scaled-down, making mountains seem like rolling hills, and hills like almost-level ground... But otherwise, it's neat :-)

ciphol 4y ago
I think that's real life.

conzept 4y ago

Very well done. Looks so nice with elevations, trees, shadows and even infrastructure details. Hooked the lat/lon fields up to my encyclopedia project. Example: https://conze.pt/explore/Bern?l=en&t=link&i=Q70&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdemo.f4map.com%2F%23lat%3D46.94798%26lon%3D7.44743%26zoom%3D16&c=46.94798,7.44743&s=true# https://conze.pt/explore/Bern?l=en&t=link&i=Q70&u=https%3A%2...

simondotau 4y ago
And animation. Somebody is having fun. https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3695681&lon=8.5092646&zoom=20 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=47.3695681&lon=8.5092646&zoom=20
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noasaservice 4y ago

Now: Oops! Unauthorized F4map API usage. If you are this website administrator, please contact the support at support@f4map.com.

JaggerFoo 4y ago

I'm very impressed. There are places along the US border that show the buildings and lanes for crossing into the US distinctly with labeling. Can this be embedded in a mobile app?

jumelles 4y ago
All the info is coming from OpenStreetMap.

slater 4y ago

Guess we hugged it? "Oops! Unauthorized F4map API usage. If you are this website administrator, please contact the support at [email]." Firefox 106, macOS

crazygringo 4y ago

Can someone give more context here? It's a cool 3D map, but this submission is at almost 100 points and I have no idea what it's about. Is this submission about... - A private or open-source map visualization engine that's doing something new? (And if so, what?) - A demonstration of all the 3D data already in OpenSourceMap? (Has it made a leap forwards or something? How complete is it?) - Something else? Is this something new and newsworthy or just somebody re-posting something that's been around for a decade? I'm just totally lost here.

defanor 4y ago
I don't know about this project, but OSM data included information on levels for a while (and it was used, in addition to just being there: e.g., in JOSM you can switch between levels for editing; not sure if I saw 3D rendering of OSM data before, but that's possible). While this looks like a demo by a commercial company selling "Interactive Map Solutions": not major news about OSM itself, but may be amusing to poke.
oliv3r 4y ago
Note, that OSM lists this one and more in their wiki; https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/3D https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/3D P.S. The F4 map app is proprietary ;)
- notpushkin 4y ago
  Should we replace the link?
SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
I would guess that it's "A demonstration of all the 3D data already in OpenSourceMap" As heights and number of levels on the building has been a part of the dataset for a while now: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:height https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:height https://blog.mapbox.com/mapping-3d-building-features-in-openstreetmap-7685ee12712a https://blog.mapbox.com/mapping-3d-building-features-in-open... It's obviously not complete. I took 2 locations that I know well (different countries) and the first has relatively realistic looking 3-d building shapes. The other has nothing. And that it's using a 3rd party engine. Since the OSM data is "open", there's nothing wrong with making use of it.

todotask 4y ago

Did not expect to find a missing skyscape in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=1.2842228&lon=103.8603026&zoom=18 https://demo.f4map.com/#lat=1.2842228&lon=103.8603026&zoom=1...

ciphol 4y ago
Scroll a bit down and you can see animated construction cranes moving goods from place to place!

nerdbert 4y ago

It's cute, but at least in Amsterdam it seems to have no idea how tall most buildings actually are, and uses random heights. On streets where all the buildings are the same height, the map makes it look like a lively bar chart.

twelvechairs 4y ago

This is great but one thing worth noting is it doesn't have 3d topography, which is pretty critical if you are looking at the world in 3d in many areas

kqr 4y ago
I noticed this too. I suspect maybe it's because it wants to use only data within OSM?
infthi 4y ago
it does have 3d topogrsphy but you have to enable it in graphic options

PontifexMinimus 4y ago

It would be really nice if this was linked with contour data to produce realistic shaped hills.

skykooler 4y ago

Interestingly, this does not trigger the automatic graphics switching on my laptop, which I take to mean that this is not using webgl but rather is doing the rendering in software. Is there any information on the technology used for this?

vbezhenar 4y ago

Height is wrong for my home. Seems to be absolutely random. Some buildings are literally intersect. It's fun visualization, but I hope that nobody would use it to get any data.

doodlebugging 4y ago
I noticed the height of quite a few buildings in Ft Worth, Texas is also wrong. A number of buildings are way off. I made an OpenStreetMap account to leave a note but decided that was not the way to go about reporting that type of issue since this appears to be a separate product built on top of their work so I didn't leave anything. Anyway, nice job. I also could not find a way to see things using a satellite overlay. Maybe I didn't click enough buttons. Side note - The symbol used by OSM for trees causes the area around my place to show palm trees. I thought that was funny. I live on a rock outcrop and I think you would need to hire a tree sitter to keep a palm tree alive near my house. I understand the symbols are generalized. That was funny though.
- habi 4y ago
  > I noticed the height of quite a few buildings in Ft Worth, Texas is also wrong. They render buildings that are missing `height` or `building:levels` data in OSM with 3 levels by default. So you could add this data to OSM to make it render.
  - doodlebugging 4y ago
    I will have to explore the process for updating those features now that I have an account. I read the how-to section and it looks like a process where a new user would submit a potential change and other experienced users would dissect the change to determine whether anything would be broken before applying it. Thanks for the clue about which attribute to search for.
    - habi 4y ago
      All changes to OpenStreetMap are applied immediately, even for new users. You can ask for a review [1], but this is an optional flag in your changes Errors are corrected after the fact, if there are any. A low-key way of the OSM data is https://streetcomplete.app/ https://streetcomplete.app/, or http://every-door.app/ http://every-door.app/ if you’re on iOS. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me, my username on ODM is the same as here. [1]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:review_requested https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:review_requested

mendelk 4y ago

All I'm getting is a message: "Oops! Unauthorized F4map API usage. If you are this website administrator, please contact the support at support@f4map.com."

bigtones 4y ago

A large majority of these elevations and building footprints donated to OpenStreetMap (over 900 Million) were contributed by Microsoft from Bing Maps. Microsoft now also incorporates OpenStreetMap data into Bing Maps. https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints/ https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprints/ https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft_Building_Footprint_Data https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft_Building_Footp...

dirkt 4y ago

It's just building elevation though, no terrain elevation at all (though the data is there). Also, elevation for many buildings just seems to be a guess.

AlexTrask 4y ago
It's not very intuitive,if you go to the graphic options you can enable the ground elevation
- extropy 4y ago
  Tried ground elevation, seems to be broken. All buildings started floating hundreds of meters above the still flat terrain.
  - SergeAx 4y ago
    Works fine for me in mobile Firefox Android.

slazaro 4y ago

I've just browsed for a minute, and aesthetically, I think the trees/grass/water try to be realistic and they're too high-frequency for them to be pleasing IMO. Flat colored trees and grass, and simpler water shading would make everything more cohesive. It's like some things are minimalist / low poly looking (buildings, roads) and others try to be realistic (and kind of failing) and they don't fit.

gbuckingham89 4y ago

Love the cranes that appear for Construction Areas

Aeolun 4y ago

This just takes the floor plan data and assumes every building is the same height and shape?

starsep 4y ago
Only if there is no additional information. Most buildings have polygon on ground level and height/number of levels. It's possible to make more complex shapes
IshKebab 4y ago
Not quite. Some buildings are different heights and some even have multiple levels. Obviously nowhere near what Google Maps does now. More like what they were doing 10 years ago. Still cool though.

advisedwang 4y ago

I live in a hilly place, and it's a very strange effect to see the buildings in 3D but rendered on flat terrain!