What are my options for 3D web Maps?

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I wish to have a Online 3D Map, which would show my Data, i.e both Raster and Vector, draped on a DEM that I have.

Due to the requirements of using my own DEM & Raster data, Google Earth API is pretty much out of the running.

Are there any projects which can do this?

I posted a similar question last year related to postgis 3d – dassouki Jul 30 '11 at 16:04 — dassouki, Jul 30 '11 at 16:04

simo · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-04T16:24:27.840

Well, WebGL is promising but has few features now. You can have a look to the API and examples.

From what I know, it is supported by FF4 and Chrome 9. You will find more about browsers compatibility on their website.

Javascript libraries :

http://cesium.agi.com/ and demos

To explore (samples and tutorials) :

A quite realistic 3D map using webGL and rendering buildings, trees and shadow.

Burgos - F4

A WebGL application based on OpenStreetMap data (and CGIAR) developed by Technion. See the static view clicking here and choose the desired view from http://osm3d.cs.technion.ac.il/

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A webGL application for switzerland geoportal. Quite Impressive! See it online or have a look to the video
Some news from GMaps (Oct. 2011) : http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-maps-in-webgl.html
Here comes a Nokia application using WebGL : http://maps3d.svc.nokia.com/webgl/index.html
Some WebGLEarth samples online : http://webglearth.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/api/examples/. The main demo : http://www.webglearth.com/
planetaryjs, A globe JS library (added on January 2014) : http://planetaryjs.com/

+1 I didn't' know WebGLEarth existed. Here's hoping WebGL replaces Flash and other plugins for this type of application. — Sean, Jul 30 '11 at 15:41
Although not in 3D, here is one more example of journey-to-work flows in Switzerland from i2maps project that might be helpful. — radek, Jan 23 '12 at 18:39
The Nokia demo is particularly impressive because unlike the other demos, it has extrusions and interesting building data. — Ragi Yaser Burhum, Jul 06 '12 at 20:29

radek · Answer 2 · 2014-11-06T10:30:02.943

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~~ReadyMap might be another option.~~ Here is an example (with a bonus of Leaflet integration!) [via @LeafletJS]:

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And one more with 3D overlay on the globe:

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~~More: demos, code.~~

Update: The project seems to change its course rather drastically. ReadyMap is now:

Free Data Service for ReadyMap and osgEarth Developers

And the 3D globe application moved (most liklely?) to a new efforts concentrated on osgEarth (webpage, gallery, source).

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answered Jan 26 '12 at 23:06

radek

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All the links seem to be dead by now. – rotoglup Nov 05 '14 at 18:06
@rotoglup Thanks for update. Indeed - project seems to not be there any longer o_O – radek Nov 06 '14 at 10:23

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '12 at 20:06

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Handy Article on summarising the changes and practicality here:

http://www.georelated.com/2011/11/3d-gis-from-desktop-to-web.html

Also check out these guys: http://www.webglearth.org/

answered May 02 '12 at 20:06

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 30 '15 at 13:08

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Just found this one.... OpenLayers / Cesium Hybrid: enter image description here http://jktaylor.github.com/openlayers/examples/adapters/editingtoolbar.html

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You could use the cesium viewer alone: http://cesium.agi.com/CesiumViewer/

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answered Jul 06 '12 at 19:22

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 06 '12 at 22:59

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i like this implementation of WebGL, this is not a globe map style but more like DEM data, but the version 1.0 not yet available , i don't know when exactly will be available in this summer

http://openscales.org/news/openscalesgl-announce.html

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 28 '13 at 17:06

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In the mean time, there is three.js as a wrapper around WebGL. See for an example here.

answered Dec 28 '13 at 17:06

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:49

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I would go a little easier and choose Cortona 3D player for visualisation and export everything in the GIS of your choice as VRML file.

answered Jan 05 '14 at 18:49

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