[mapserver-users] Can map server do this?

[Jan Hartmann]

Looks a bit like Sketchup. How about a driver for Sketchup 3D? It has 
already input- en output facilities for DXF and DEM

Jan

On 04/26/10 16:51, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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
> drawn by MapServer. It was quick and dirty but it shows MapServer can possibly render like the example you referenced. Key is producing the
> 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
> 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
> data (footprint + height) but easiest route is probably data pre-processing....
>
> Something to try anyway.
>
> Steve
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> From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jackey Cheung [cheung.jackey at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:53 AM
> To: Lars Lingner
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> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Can map server do this?
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> Your effect is shadow like effects, not the "cube" like effect.
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Lars Lingner<ml at lingner.eu<mailto:ml at lingner.eu>>  wrote:
> Jackey Cheung schrieb:
>    
>> Just found a web site today. The map looks pretty like Google map, except
>> that it's not on Google. Can map server do this? Or anyone has any idea
>> which application can render this kind of image?
>>
>>      
> I got a similar result using opacity and offset with MapServer. See
>   image http://www.lingner.eu/mydownloads/pics/icc_building.png
>
> Lars
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