Show HN: ActionStreetMap: Build a gaming environment of your own city in Unity3d (opens in new tab)

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60 pointseiskalt11y ago11 comments

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OSM has this much detail? The buildings and such seem way more fleshed out than I'm able to see on OpenStreetMap. Were those added via some other mechanism, or is there more data in OSM than I thought? Like, even height doesn't seem to be available, much less shapes like spires and such as shown in the demo image.

Maxious11y ago

There is more data than you see in the 2d map tiles but you can turn on the Map Data layer on the website or use an editor to see. Here is one of the ways that makes up the spires in the blog post http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/227682021

You can read more about the properties used to make up a complex structure here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/S3DB

nubs11y ago

In general, the data isn't there for most locations, but it has been added for some locations. For example, Saint Basil's Cathedral: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.75252/37.62300&layer...

bottled_poe11y ago

This is a cool concept, but the real world is simply not as fun as a well designed game map.

sambeau11y ago

Reminiscent of this:

http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/project-myworl...

long-since morphed into this:

http://recce.com

awjr11y ago

As a tool for public space redesign it might have a better application. For example say you wanted to show a road with a cycle lanes. However the road widths would need to be reasonably accurate.

copter11y ago

Building a gaming environment is only one of the use cases of the engine. There can be many other application areas. In most cases road widths are satisfactory to show a road with cycle lanes.

wattengard11y ago

Now if one could easily export to a map format supported by games... I have been dreaming of playing Counter Strike in my hometown since ... Counter Strike was fashionable...

benbristow11y ago

You could always make a map in the Source SDK/Hammer. Relatively easy to pick up. Will take you a while but a nice project.

tiler11y ago

Is it possible to see the city (or any map location) from a street level view? Nice project btw!

copter11y ago

Definitely. Please check out the online demo of New York City (Requires unity web player).

http://actionstreetmap.github.io/demo/content/demo/New_York_...

You can rotate the camera angle by holding the right mouse click and have different level of views.

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SwellJoe11y ago

Maxious11y ago

You can read more about the properties used to make up a complex structure here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/S3DB

nubs11y ago

In general, the data isn't there for most locations, but it has been added for some locations. For example, Saint Basil's Cathedral: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.75252/37.62300&layer...

bottled_poe11y ago

This is a cool concept, but the real world is simply not as fun as a well designed game map.

sambeau11y ago

Reminiscent of this:

http://lukehalliwell.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/project-myworl...

long-since morphed into this:

http://recce.com

awjr11y ago

As a tool for public space redesign it might have a better application. For example say you wanted to show a road with a cycle lanes. However the road widths would need to be reasonably accurate.

copter11y ago

Building a gaming environment is only one of the use cases of the engine. There can be many other application areas. In most cases road widths are satisfactory to show a road with cycle lanes.

wattengard11y ago

Now if one could easily export to a map format supported by games... I have been dreaming of playing Counter Strike in my hometown since ... Counter Strike was fashionable...

benbristow11y ago

You could always make a map in the Source SDK/Hammer. Relatively easy to pick up. Will take you a while but a nice project.

tiler11y ago

Is it possible to see the city (or any map location) from a street level view? Nice project btw!

copter11y ago

Definitely. Please check out the online demo of New York City (Requires unity web player).

http://actionstreetmap.github.io/demo/content/demo/New_York_...

You can rotate the camera angle by holding the right mouse click and have different level of views.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse