ViziCities 0.3
Languages and libraries
geospatial visualisation framework
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How HN took it
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.39.
Performance: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks impressive and useful for geospatial visualisation
From 3 comments
This looks incredible. Thank you Robin!
cleansy on HNAs someone recently new to Geo visualization (and data viz in general), I have to say this project looks awesome! Kudos for all the hard work put into this
jxm262 on HNReally cool project, definitely something I might find useful in the near future. Is there a way to connect attributes/metadata to each building and access it by clicking on a…
dagw on HN
Objections
Performance is slow on some machines
From 1 comment
This looks great, congrats! It's a bit slow on my machine (the linked demos), is that a general issue due to 3d rendering capabilities, or is just the data source for the demos…
elcapitan on HN
Terrain is flat and countryside rendering is limited
From 2 comments
The examples on the GitHub repo (like this basic one: http://vizicities.com/demos/basic/) use an OpenStreetMap tile endpoint provided by Mapzen and so will work anywhere in the…
robhawkes on HNThere will be soon, yes. Right now the ground is flat in ViziCities but there are plans to add 3D terrain, though it's not a simple feat. It's possible to extend ViziCities to do…
robhawkes on HN
Requests
LIDAR data support
From 1 comment
can you point it at anywhere in the world and get a decent map? How well does it render countryside? There is new lidar data being released by various countries - can it load and…
willvarfar on HN
Vertical exaggeration of topography
From 1 comment
The software looks neat. But for the above user, is there an option to vertically exaggerate the topography?
sgnelson on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Cesium.js and Worldwind
From 1 comment
So, how does this compares to Cesium.js and Worldwind?
krapht on HN
Can it attach metadata to buildings and click them
From 1 comment
Really cool project, definitely something I might find useful in the near future. Is there a way to connect attributes/metadata to each building and access it by clicking on a…
dagw on HN
Alternatives named
Cesium.js
From 1 comment
So, how does this compares to Cesium.js and Worldwind?
krapht on HN
Worldwind
From 1 comment
So, how does this compares to Cesium.js and Worldwind?
krapht on HN