[mapserver-users] Can map server do this?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

I like this idea, but anyway it is implemented I think it would be a 
good feature to have.

Beyond OSM, I have run into quite a few people that are generating data 
sets with building outlines and some of them have height info. A lot of 
this data is getting generated from plot plans and tax roles where the 
number of floors is included which can be interpreted as height.

-Steve

Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
> Probably a bit of overkill for what amounts to a visual effect. I was
> thinking about this a bit more this evening and wonder if we could
> use the GEOMTRANSFORM functionality and create an "extrude" geometry
> transform. A little trickier than the ones currently supported since
> this one would produce multiple shapes rather than a single
> multi-polygon. Would be kinda neat though and totally self contained.
> Think about turning a line into a curtain for instance.
> 
> Steve ________________________________________ From: Jan Hartmann
> [j.l.h.hartmann at uva.nl] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 10:31 AM To:
> Lime, Steve D (DNR) Cc: Jackey Cheung; Lars Lingner;
> mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Can
> map server do this?
> 
> 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 ___________________________________ From:
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> On Behalf Of Jackey Cheung
> [cheung.jackey at gmail.com<mailto:cheung.jackey at gmail.com>] Sent:
> Monday, April 26, 2010 2:53 AM To: Lars Lingner Cc:
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>  Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Can map server do this?
> 
> 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><mailto: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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