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Show HN: ActionStreetMap: Build a gaming environment of your own city in Unity3d

60 points by eiskalt 12y ago

SwellJoe 12y ago
OSM has this much detail? The buildings and such seem way more fleshed out than I'm able to see on OpenStreetMap. Were those added via some other mechanism, or is there more data in OSM than I thought? Like, even height doesn't seem to be available, much less shapes like spires and such as shown in the demo image.
- Maxious 12y ago
  There is more data than you see in the 2d map tiles but you can turn on the Map Data layer on the website or use an editor to see. Here is one of the ways that makes up the spires in the blog post http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/227682021 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/227682021 You can read more about the properties used to make up a complex structure here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/S3DB https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/S3DB
- nubs 12y ago
  In general, the data isn't there for most locations, but it has been added for some locations. For example, Saint Basil's Cathedral: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.75252/37.62300&layers=D http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.75252/37.62300&layer...
sambeau 12y ago
Reminiscent of this: http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/project-myworld/ http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/project-myworl... long-since morphed into this: http://recce.com http://recce.com
bottled_poe 12y ago
This is a cool concept, but the real world is simply not as fun as a well designed game map.
awjr 12y ago
As a tool for public space redesign it might have a better application. For example say you wanted to show a road with a cycle lanes. However the road widths would need to be reasonably accurate.
- copter 12y ago
  Building a gaming environment is only one of the use cases of the engine. There can be many other application areas. In most cases road widths are satisfactory to show a road with cycle lanes.
tiler 12y ago
Is it possible to see the city (or any map location) from a street level view? Nice project btw!
- copter 12y ago
  Definitely. Please check out the online demo of New York City (Requires unity web player). http://actionstreetmap.github.io/demo/content/demo/New_York_Manhattan.html http://actionstreetmap.github.io/demo/content/demo/New_York_... You can rotate the camera angle by holding the right mouse click and have different level of views.
wattengard 12y ago
Now if one could easily export to a map format supported by games... I have been dreaming of playing Counter Strike in my hometown since ... Counter Strike was fashionable...
- benbristow 12y ago
  You could always make a map in the Source SDK/Hammer. Relatively easy to pick up. Will take you a while but a nice project.

60 points by eiskalt 12y ago

OSM has this much detail? The buildings and such seem way more fleshed out than I'm able to see on OpenStreetMap. Were those added via some other mechanism, or is there more data in OSM than I thought? Like, even height doesn't seem to be available, much less shapes like spires and such as shown in the demo image.

Maxious 12y ago
There is more data than you see in the 2d map tiles but you can turn on the Map Data layer on the website or use an editor to see. Here is one of the ways that makes up the spires in the blog post http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/227682021 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/227682021 You can read more about the properties used to make up a complex structure here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/S3DB https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/S3DB
nubs 12y ago
In general, the data isn't there for most locations, but it has been added for some locations. For example, Saint Basil's Cathedral: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.75252/37.62300&layers=D http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.75252/37.62300&layer...

sambeau 12y ago

Reminiscent of this: http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/project-myworld/ http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/project-myworl... long-since morphed into this: http://recce.com http://recce.com

bottled_poe 12y ago

This is a cool concept, but the real world is simply not as fun as a well designed game map.

awjr 12y ago

As a tool for public space redesign it might have a better application. For example say you wanted to show a road with a cycle lanes. However the road widths would need to be reasonably accurate.

copter 12y ago
Building a gaming environment is only one of the use cases of the engine. There can be many other application areas. In most cases road widths are satisfactory to show a road with cycle lanes.

tiler 12y ago

Is it possible to see the city (or any map location) from a street level view? Nice project btw!

copter 12y ago
Definitely. Please check out the online demo of New York City (Requires unity web player). http://actionstreetmap.github.io/demo/content/demo/New_York_Manhattan.html http://actionstreetmap.github.io/demo/content/demo/New_York_... You can rotate the camera angle by holding the right mouse click and have different level of views.

wattengard 12y ago

Now if one could easily export to a map format supported by games... I have been dreaming of playing Counter Strike in my hometown since ... Counter Strike was fashionable...

benbristow 12y ago
You could always make a map in the Source SDK/Hammer. Relatively easy to pick up. Will take you a while but a nice project.