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Very cool! It looks like it assumes everything is flat, but I bet you could pull in elevation data from OSM as well.

• fitsumbelay 2y ago
  the 4 story building I live in is rendered like a basement only dwelling which is actually growing on me the more I look at it ...
  • zaik 2y ago
    You could add a building:levels value to the object in OpenStreetMap, to record the information of how many stories your building has. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:levels
    • ygra 2y ago
      While a good idea in general (the StreetComplete app makes this very easy, by the way), this won't help for this app, as the data is from September 2023. Otherwise I'd love to use it more to validate how renderers handle different buildings. F4Map should show the change fairly quickly, though.
• ygra 2y ago
  It does use elevation data, but does not exaggerate it, I guess. Back when I was working with 3D maps, we noticed that many people liked exaggerated terrain heights better, especially when the terrain is viewed from above and realistic heights looked “flat”. Near where I live it looks fairly close to what it does in real life: https://streets.gl/#48.50063,8.99766,7.25,312.50,135.56 https://streets.gl/#48.50063,8.99766,7.25,312.50,135.56 (granted, having added building and roof colors for almost all buildings also helps).