OSM Buildings

OSM Buildings
Author:	Jan Marsch
Status:	Unmaintained
Website:	https://osmbuildings.org/

This article is about the unmaintained worldwide renderer. For the single-building visualization tool, see OSM Building Viewer.

OSMBuildings is an engine for displaying 3D buildings on a web map.

WebGL Manhattan

WebGL Police Building NYC

2.5D Sketch style

You can download the javascript code to run this as an effect overlaid upon maps with OpenLayers or Leaflet. It uses HTML5 canvas, which will require a modern web browser.

License

Fronted code is a free software, while backend code is proprietary.

Navigation

You can navigate by mouse, or using touch screen.

Development

Classic 2.5D version on github https://github.com/kekscom/osmbuildings

Modern WebGL version on github https://github.com/OSMBuildings/OSMBuildings. Not updated since 2020 after a name dispute

Created by Jan Marsch

See also

• List of OSM-based services
  • F4 Map - 3D Maps service (similar)

External links

• osmbuildings.org