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Aug 28, 2020

Mapzen shutting down

Originally published at https://osmbuildings.org on 2018–01–03 It seems unreal but Mapzen is closing business. Is it just 4 years? Regarding tools, presence and influence on OSM Community. I’m especially glad to have met and discussed with Brett, Peter R. and Patrizio. Also Mapzen’s services will halt by January 31st, which is very short notice to many clients. Their remain available as open source so you can continue using them or set up your own services.

Mapzen

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Mapzen shutting down
Mapzen shutting down
Mapzen

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Aug 25, 2020

Why we’re not going to support a multimillion dollar company

We’ve known Cesium since we started OSM Buildings all the way back in 2012. Cesium likewise have been aware of us since the beginning — we grew up together as colleagues in a common market. They got the 3D globe, we got the OSM data. …

Osm

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Why we’re not going to support a multimillion dollar company
Why we’re not going to support a multimillion dollar company
Osm

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Aug 22, 2020

Opinion: Project funding

Just saw this tweet asking for QGIS 3d funding again. It already caused a brief discussion, started by me. Wise words from Steve Gifford (@mousebirdc) calmed me down: “ Honestly should probably have just used @CesiumJS. Sure, it’s web tech, but it’s already there. But really, and I say this with no malice, people always want to write their own 3D rendering engine. So they do.” It helped to remember OSM Buildings was not the first solution visualising OSM data in 3D as well. If everyone has the right to reinvent the wheel, what is the issue?

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Opinion: Project funding
Opinion: Project funding
Opinion

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Aug 22, 2020

3D Model Repository

Detailed 3D objects in OSM? 3D Model Repository has just launched, and it’s available at https://3dmr.eu The aim of the project is to enable high detail 3D rendering map data using real 3D models. And this is how it has been assembled thus far. Question is: Is this still mapping…

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3D Model Repository
3D Model Repository
3 D

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