Isometric 3D map of Czech republic

osm.kyblsoft.cz

30 points·skorks··7 comments

...made possible using OpenStreetMap data.

What a beautiful example of OSM data use. Making something like this would be impossible without free map data.

... and openlayers.

I'm curious as to how they made the buildings. I'm guessing some serious SLD magic, but it would be interesting to know.

The buildings also came from OSM. The OSM data contains height data [0] and where they don't have that information, I bet they assume some standard height that "looked right".

[0] http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/40758798 (the build:levels = 5 key/value)

Meh. Extruded buildings, no labels, ugly colors. If you like maps with 3D houses, better check out these (listed by increasing awesomeness):

http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.744315,-73.986021&spn=0.00...

http://hangzhou.edushi.com/

http://kart.finn.no/3d/

Come on, give the guy some credit! This is a really nifty use of the OpenStreetMap data, and shows (yet again) what can be done with free and open geodata.

That said, the day someone figures out how to generate edushi.com-style pixel art from a combination of photos and LIDAR data will be an awesome day indeed. It's too bad that only in China can they afford to pay artists to hand-render an entire city's worth of buildings.

That said, the day someone figures out how to generate edushi.com-style pixel art from a combination of photos and LIDAR data

Or come up with a "Pixel art" filter for Photoshop and apply it to Bing Maps bird's eye photos. Just think, you could do it today.

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