Show HN: Warsaw in voxels – An interactive 3D map of the city centre
Explore central Warsaw in voxels - slightly inspired by Minecraft, and MagicaVoxel. You can change the date, time of day and weather, explore the city, or click on a pedestrian to control them (here a bit of inspiration from Dungeon Keeper).Works best on desktop, but I tried to make it usable on mobile too. The initial load can take a while. It's based on several open datasets, including:- OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=6/52.02/19.14) - buildings, streets, sidewalks, tram tracks, etc- GUGiK / Geoportal (https://www.geoportal.gov.pl/) - LiDAR for building heights and trees, aerial imagery for colours- Warsaw's city tree database (https://mapa.um.warszawa.pl/) - individual tree species, used for seasonal foliageOpen-source (https://github.com/stared/warsaw-vibe-voxel), so feel invited to (re)use it as you wish!
126 points by stared - 25 comments
Other than that, neat :)
I have good memories of my visits to Warsaw. Very walkable city so I spent a lot of time doing that (despite being there on tiresome work trips).
Well done.
As default weather - I would prefer sunny day instead of rain…
When it comes to weather, I am torn between always using golden hour with a clear sky and using the current weather.
But then it would not be an authentic Warsaw experience!
Sorry to be weird and ask. Very impressive though I like it.
Not a Minecraft player myself, but if you want to do so (code is there), feel more than invited.
Except this website chokes many desktop PCs, not to mention phones.
It's really good, and responsive in Firefox on my android tablet.
In any case, very fun. Hope it improves.
What takes much more time is polishing. Sometimes things are jagged or wrong, streets are disconnected, some tree crowns float in the air, and bridges look like they’ve been hit by an airstrike.
I check things manually, compare them with photos, etc.
edit: it is raining!