[OSM-dev] [GSoC] Web application for sharing 3D-Models

[Peter Barth]

Hi Óscar,

Óscar de Arriba schrieb:
> I suppose that the idea is to build a web application to allow users of OSM to upload their models, moderate them and make them available using some kind of API. Am I right?

yes. But we also thought about texture files to share with others. Those
textures can than be used for 3D models. Regarding the models itself, we
thought about all kind of buildings but also about general stuff like
street furniture (e.g. street lamps, post boxes,...).
 
> Is the student selected free to choose the programming language used to build the application? 

You can choose whatever you feel most comforable with.
 
> The last thing I would like to ask, is about rendering the model in JS. Which format is used in OSM? Is there any kind of information about? Is there any previous experience relating 3D modelling required?

We thought about obj being the main file format for the models. But if
one wants to upload OpenCollada, we'd allow that, too. It's most
important it's an free and open format :) We'd be happy with a live view
for obj (especially as there are ready to use JS libs out there).

Besides that: As it should be possible to reference the object from the
OSM db, we'd need static URLs for the model main site (e.g. a site with
the meta informations). Different versions of the model, different level
of details, comments, ratings,.. for the models would be nice, too.

Hope that gives you a better understanding of the requirements for this
project.

Regards,
Peda

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