Re: [OSM-talk] 3D models in OSM?! 3D Model Repository has just launched!

2018-03-22 Thread Pedro Amaro
Hey Yuri and Janko, thank you for your interest! About your questions: > Do you see your site being in a direct competition, or somehow helping each > other and cooperating for the common good? I doubt WMF will implement much > functionality for the OMS-specific goals at this stage. I

Re: [OSM-talk] 3D models in OSM?! 3D Model Repository has just launched!

2018-03-22 Thread Janko Mihelić
This is great news! My question is about referencing these models in the OSM database. There are several reasons for referencing them, one is if you render the Eiffel tower, you don't have to render the Eiffel tower way underneath. So if you see the tag 3dmr=4, you ignore the way and just render

Re: [OSM-talk] 3D models in OSM?! 3D Model Repository has just launched!

2018-03-21 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
Pedro, thanks for all your efforts! I heard that Wikipedia just launched its own 3D file storage, functioning in the similar fashion as their other files (community curated images/sounds/videos, proper license and attribution, and file version control). Do you see your site being in a direct

[OSM-talk] 3D models in OSM?! 3D Model Repository has just launched!

2018-03-21 Thread Pedro Amaro
It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the 3D Model Repository, available at https://3dmr.eu! The main aim of the project is to enable a better 3D rendering of OSM data, placing 3D models at everything from landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower, to benches on the street. Starting