It is basically an openstreetmap viewer plus a simulator layer that turns the data (<a href="https://versatiles.org/" rel="nofollow">https://versatiles.org/) into 3d at a certain level of detail. The Netherlands have very detailed geo data-sets (<a href="https://www.pdok.nl/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pdok.nl/), which are used to augment the 3d representation with stuff like point-cloud rendered buildings (3DBAG), crop-rendering, benches, etc.. Basically, it tries to combine as much public data as possible, to represent a city. The simulator is then used to be able to navigate through it with an avatar and to build basic stuff (Secondlife prim-style + Lua scripting engine).
sightspinner · · focus · HN ↗
I'm curious as what is different between this and say, google maps?
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