The Increment Of Edifice Meridian Maps

For the concluding duad of years building historic menstruum maps have been really popular. In these maps edifice footprints are colored to demo the historic menstruum of buildings. These maps supply a dandy overview of how cities as well as towns convey developed over time.

Over the concluding twelvemonth the same colored edifice footprint technique has besides been used to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than to demo the peak of buildings. These edifice peak maps are an fantabulous agency to visualize, inwards particular, where the tallest buildings are concentrated inwards cities.

For example, Jonathan Critchley has used information from City of Toronto Open Data to map the peak of Toronto's buildings. The City of Toronto Building Height map colors edifice footprints past times the peak of each building. If y'all hover over private buildings on the map y'all tin persuasion its peak inwards meters as well as whether the edifice is zoned every bit residential, commercial or for another purpose.

Jonathon's map follows on from these other edifice peak maps, released over the concluding twelve months: Building Heights inwards London, the Vancouver Building Heights map, the Melbourne Building Heights map as well as the San Francisco Building Height map