Mapping Tall Buildings Inwards 3D

When yous demand a map that tin fountain over tall buildings inward a unmarried confine yous tin telephone telephone on the super OSM Buildings. OSM Buildings is a real impressive JavaScript mapping library that tin hold upward used to practice 3D models of buildings from Open Street Map data.

For example when DNAInfo wanted to practice an interactive map to demo the visual acquit on of novel skyscrapers on the New York skyline they used OSM Buildings alongside Stamen designed map tiles. DNAInfo's New York Skyline map shows New York buildings inward 3D. It equally good shows buildings which convey been approved for structure (colored turquoise on the map) together with buildings which are notwithstanding inward the proposal phase (colored blue).

You tin uncovering out to a greater extent than most the approved for structure buildings together with the proposed buildings past times clicking on their 3D models on the map. This information includes details on the tiptop of the edifice and, where available, an ikon of the building's proposed design.


Berlin's neue Skyline is a like visualization from the Berliner Morgenpost. This map uses OSM Buildings to practice a storey map exploring Berlin's growing skyline.

As yous scroll downward Berlin's neue Skyline yous tin encounter how the middle of Berlin has changed since 1990. The map spins together with zooms into closed to of Berlin's novel skyscrapers. The map sidebar equally good scrolls downward to render information on the edifice visualized inward the electrical flow map persuasion (the text is inward High German only the map notwithstanding industrial plant if yous persuasion the page inward Google Translate).

The Webkid weblog created a actually useful tutorial explaining how the Berliner Morgenpost used OSM Buildings to practice their interactive map of the Berlin skyline. If yous desire to purpose OSM Buildings to practice your ain 3D edifice map together with then Webkid's Interactive 3D Maps With OSM Buildings is a non bad house to start.


Stuart MacMillan used Webkid's tutorial to help railroad train a 3D Map of Glasgow Construction Projects. Stuart's 3D map of Glasgow shows closed to of the city's electrical flow structure plans (highlighted inward unlike colors on the map).

Stuart has added an alternative for anybody to submit their ain GeoJSON edifice polygons to the map. If yous click on the 'Empty GeoJSON' push clit yous volition hold upward sent to geojson.io where yous tin practice a edifice polygon of a Glasgow structure projection together with and then see the resulting GeoJSON file for the completed edifice polygon.