Hi Manoj, I just came across this link which may be something you'd be interested in. I don't know anything about this particular project, but it looks like this organization may be working towards producing the maps you are looking for.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM-3D -Matt On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Dane Springmeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > BuildingSymbolizer might be a good thing to start with: > > http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/BuildingSymbolizer > > On Oct 7, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Manoj Bist wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to see if I can use mapnik to create 3D effects while > rendering the map. I am trying to render map of a small area like a > university campus. It works if I use google projection but the map does not > look that impressive! I have done some search on google but did not find > anything definite. I am looking for pointers in this direction. > > 1) Is there some projection I can use to get Bird’s eye view, using the DEM > data available from public sources. Idea being if a road is going through > some hilly region, it gives some 3d effect > > 2) Are there any other tools that folks here would recommend to achieve > this effect? May be there are some other awsome tools I can use along with > Mapnik to achieve this. > > 3) May be there are some tools that can create the 3D background using DEM > data that I can put as a raster background in mapnik. > > Thanks, > > --Manoj. > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > -- m a t t h e w k e n n y http://www.mkgeomatics.com
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