[OSM-talk] A project for winter - Building heights

[Jon Burgess]

On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 19:08 +0000, OJ W wrote:
> Now that the building-outlines have been done in London and elsewhere,
> and with flight-simulator projects asking about 3D data, it might be
> worth tagging the heights of some skyscrapers.
> 
> Every significant building has a wikipedia article, nearly all of
> which include details of the height
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Canada_Square
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Skyscrapers_by_city
> 
> 
> what other tags can you think of for describing buildings?  Some
> peoples' ideas are at:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Building_attributes
> 
> 
> To see progress in a city, Kosmos seems to be capable of drawing
> things differently according to their height, e.g. there's an example
> rule in:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Kosmos_AirNav_Rules#Tall_buildings
> 
> 
> 
> p.s. will anyone make an isometric slippy-map next?

Like this? http://artem.dev.openstreetmap.org/files/osm_3d.png

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	Jon