Singapore Inwards Glorious 3D

The Straits Times has created a really impressive 3d map of Singapore to illustrate an investigation into who owns the buildings on Singapore's most famous shopping street. Who Owns Orchard Road? explores the various ownership of private buildings on the city's principal retail street.

We can't hold out certain how this impressive 3d map was built because essentially nosotros never become to interact straight amongst the map. The initial floor map progression through the buildings is all managed past times video. The developers accept videoed a linear pan of the map from i edifice to the next. The progression through the floor map is so controlled past times only playing in addition to pausing this video.

Once the videoed floor map has completed the video is replaced amongst what is essentially a pic map (or ii pic maps - equally the zoom push clitoris switches the ikon of the 3d map to a zoomed inward pic of the same map). Buildings on the ikon map accept been made interactive so y'all tin click on the colored buildings to larn to a greater extent than close who owns the property.

The purpose of a video in addition to pic map is an interesting hack which enables the Straits Times to render a really detailed 3d sentiment of Singapore. This score of item presented inward an interactive map would resultant inward delays for the user equally the map would presumably accept to hold out rendered inward the user's browser. Currently y'all tin render a like looking interactive 3d map but without the score of item inward the edifice models. If y'all desire to practise your ain interactive 3d maps so y'all could offset amongst this tutorial on making Interactive 3D Maps With OSMBuildings.