Seems to be a good approach, though I haven't thought about this before. I think I'll try look further into this.
Thanks for the hint :D On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) < steve.l...@state.mn.us> wrote: > I can't tell from the example but it doesn't look like the map itself is > oblique rather that the buildings are drawn in 2.5D. > > If so, this probably can be reduced to a data pre-processing exercise. I > created a small test case (see attached) where a the pieces of a cube are > drawn by MapServer. It was quick and dirty but it shows MapServer can > possibly render like the example you referenced. Key is producing the > cube (sides, top, and bottom) data. I would expect that could be done ahead > of time via a script where you offset the footprint in the y direction > by a height value and then compute the sides- each as a separate shape. I > suppose it would be possible to create a plugin layer for this type of > data (footprint + height) but easiest route is probably data > pre-processing.... > > Something to try anyway. > > Steve > ___________________________________ > From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [ > mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jackey Cheung [ > cheung.jac...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:53 AM > To: Lars Lingner > Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Can map server do this? > > Your effect is shadow like effects, not the "cube" like effect. > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Lars Lingner <m...@lingner.eu<mailto: > m...@lingner.eu>> wrote: > Jackey Cheung schrieb: > > Just found a web site today. The map looks pretty like Google map, except > > that it's not on Google. Can map server do this? Or anyone has any idea > > which application can render this kind of image? > > > > I got a similar result using opacity and offset with MapServer. See > image http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/pics/icc_building.png > > Lars > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > >
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