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by pheelicks 6y ago
Generally just a choice for the demo - in part because restricting the view distance means less data to download (thus lower cost to serve!). If you switch the phone to portrait you will be able to see the horizon. The library itself ( http
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by pheelicks 6y ago
There are a number of global elevation datasets. Check out JAXA, EUDEM or NASADEM for example. Processing them into a usable form is another issue. For the Procedural GL JS library we use NASADEM, via the www.nasadem.xyz service, which has
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Hi HN, Merry Christmas to all! I made this as a demonstration of the open data available from the Austrian government under the www.basemap.at project. The rendering engine is built on top of THREE.js and can be found here: https:/&#x
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by pheelicks 6y ago
That's not a bug, it's Germany! The aerial imagery comes from the Austrian basemap.at dataset, which only covers Austria. If you use imagery that covers multiple countries this isn't an issue, but for this project I wanted to
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Show HN: Mountain Peaks in WebGL(felixpalmer.github.io)
281 points by pheelicks 6y ago|39 comments
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by pheelicks 6y ago
I've read through all the docs and it is unclear if aerial imagery is supported. I just launched a JavaScript 3D mapping library ( https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js ) and would be up for trying it out
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Highest Peaks of Austria in 3D(felixpalmer.github.io)
1 points by pheelicks 6y ago|0 comments
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by pheelicks 6y ago
I recently launched an open-source 3D mapping library https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/ which can be configured to display imagery tiles for 3rd party providers. However, to make 3D terrain, elevati
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Show HN: Nasadem.xyz – elevation data for web applications(nasadem.xyz)
3 points by pheelicks 6y ago|1 comments
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Build New Zealand in an Afternoon(pheelicks.com)
1 points by pheelicks 6y ago|0 comments
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Isn't your custom player also Cesium? I see a Cesium logo in the top right on both players
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by pheelicks 6y ago
You're not the first person to point this out and the answer is: yes it does need tweaking. I'll add it to the list!
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Procedural GL JS is open source [Mapbox alternative](felixpalmer.github.io)
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by pheelicks 6y ago
The camera limits are just defaults, and can be overridden. Manipulating a camera in 3D can be counterintuitive, so the defaults try to keep things manageable at the expense of flexibility. As you say, the further you can see the higher the
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by pheelicks 6y ago
What a shame. I guess they got sick of people taking their code and ripping out their API subscriptions. For anyone interested in an open source mapping library (that also has 3D support) that can handle raster data (including the Mapbox ti
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Show HN: Intuitive, fast and extensible 3D mapping engine in Three.js(felixpalmer.github.io)
1 points by pheelicks 6y ago|0 comments
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Gladly: - Procedural GL ( https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js ) is a JavaScript library for rendering 3D terrains. It is built on top of THREE.js but you don't need to know anything about 3D to use it -
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by pheelicks 6y ago
The Procedural GL ( https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/ ) library on which this is built works worldwide. I made this (National Parks) app in an afternoon, and it could easily be modified for any set of
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Regarding the controls, they are configured to keep the user to a certain area so that why you're seeing the swivel I think. As for the remaining 3 issues, these are all just design choices for this experiment,
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by pheelicks 6y ago
There is an issue with the elevation shaders on Windows, being tracked here: https://github.com/felixpalmer/procedural-gl-js/issues/2 For anyone who is having issues, I made a quick video here: https:/&
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National parks of New Zealand in 3D(felixpalmer.github.io)
155 points by pheelicks 6y ago|41 comments
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Show HN: After 7yrs of closed-source, going OSS: WebGL THREEjs 3D terrain engine(felixpalmer.github.io)
1 points by pheelicks 6y ago|0 comments
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Good questions. 1. Precisely because it felt like a good middle ground between the two. MIT/Apache feels like completely giving away something which doesn't seem fair, while GPL would put some people off. MPLv2 is GPL compatible s
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Hello HN! For the last 7 years I've been working on a WebGL powered mapping library, that I've been providing on a commercial basis via www.procedural.eu. It's been used by millions of users across different products I recent
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Show HN: Procedural-gl – open-source 3D mapping library built with Three.js(github.com)
29 points by pheelicks 6y ago|5 comments
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by pheelicks 6y ago
Looks nice, great job! I've spent the last ~5 years developing a terrain engine in this space (also on top of THREE.js), that you can find here: www.procedural.eu - it supports 3D models for houses and trees and roads, and uses procedu
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Procedural Terrain Renderer(procedural.eu)
2 points by pheelicks 7y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Beautiful 3D mapping engine using WebGL and Open Data(procedural.eu)
5 points by pheelicks 7y ago|0 comments
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by pheelicks 7y ago
And if you can't abide by a timer, use this to completely lock your screen to force the downtime: https://github.com/felixpalmer/Cherrola
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by pheelicks 8y ago
You may find the maps we create at my company, Procedural, interesting: https://www.procedural.eu/ We use WebGL to create Procedural Maps, which are created from a combination of real terrain data, vector features from OSM

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