Here's another one: 3D OSM buildings using JavaScript Canvas (no WebGL). The demo only covers Berlin though: http://flyjs.com/buildings/
The effect is very similar to the WebGL-enabled version of Google Maps for those who are familiar with it. Except that tilting is not possible. Impressive nonetheless. :) On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Here are a few interesting OSM-related online map stuff that appeared > so far this July. > > > 1. MapBox and foursquare team up to help map cities in OSM. > > Earlier this year, foursquare switched from using Google Maps API to > MapBox and using OSM data. Consequently, some people from foursquare > teamed up with people from MapBox to map lots of cities in OSM. Here's > a blog post talking about their progress: > http://blog.foursquare.com/2012/07/10/making-a-better-map-four-months-of-openstreetmap-with-mapbox-foursquare/ > > The blog post also points to this cool visualization of the OSM data > (kinda like my node density map) versus the check ins that have been > registered in foursquare: http://mapbox.com/foursquare-checkins/ > > It's interesting to see the correlation between population density, > OSM data density, and foursquare activity in this way. :) > > > 2. MapBox releases terrain layer > > MapBox has not only been helping out foursquare, they have also been > busy improving their service. A recent development they have added is > to roll out a nice terrain layer: > http://mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-streets-terrain/ > > Here's an example map using the layer: > http://tiles.mapbox.com/examples/map/map-4l7djmvo > > Now I'm waiting for Stamen Design to roll out worldwide their own > terrain layer (which is currently only rendered for the US): > http://maps.stamen.com/terrain/ > > > 3. Skobbler releases a nifty OSM web map > > Skobbler, which creates mobile GPS routing apps, has released a web > map that uses OSM data. The web map has quite a lot of features such > as search, drag-and-drop routing, and with their own cartography: > http://maps.skobbler.com/ > > The neat feature that I like is the POI layers. Zoom into a particular > area of interest and you can click on POI icons to display on the map > the POIs that are visible in the current map view. _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
