Seems to be a good approach, though I haven't thought about this before. I think I'll try look further into this.<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the hint :D</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Steve.Lime@state.mn.us">Steve.Lime@state.mn.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I can't tell from the example but it doesn't look like the map itself is oblique rather that the buildings are drawn in 2.5D.<br>
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If so, this probably can be reduced to a data pre-processing exercise. I created a small test case (see attached) where a the pieces of a cube are<br>
drawn by MapServer. It was quick and dirty but it shows MapServer can possibly render like the example you referenced. Key is producing the<br>
cube (sides, top, and bottom) data. I would expect that could be done ahead of time via a script where you offset the footprint in the y direction<br>
by a height value and then compute the sides- each as a separate shape. I suppose it would be possible to create a plugin layer for this type of<br>
data (footprint + height) but easiest route is probably data pre-processing....<br>
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Something to try anyway.<br>
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Steve<br>
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Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Can map server do this?<br>
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Your effect is shadow like effects, not the "cube" like effect.<br>
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</div><div class="im">On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Lars Lingner <<a href="mailto:ml@lingner.eu">ml@lingner.eu</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:ml@lingner.eu">ml@lingner.eu</a>>> wrote:<br>
Jackey Cheung schrieb:<br>
> Just found a web site today. The map looks pretty like Google map, except<br>
> that it's not on Google. Can map server do this? Or anyone has any idea<br>
> which application can render this kind of image?<br>
><br>
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I got a similar result using opacity and offset with MapServer. See<br>
image <a href="http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/pics/icc_building.png" target="_blank">http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/pics/icc_building.png</a><br>
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Lars<br>
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