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Is 3D mapping, mapping for the renderer?

Vum Geocacher1 matgedeelt de(n) 17. Abrëll 2025 op English.

Simple 3D buildings

They are ofcourse not M4TR as you use the building=yes tag and you add colours, height and roof shapes.

But for more complicated buildings?

What if there is an apartment building with different colours? Am i allowed to use building:part=yes for each colour? Or is that M4TR?

Monuments

Monuments can be a little sad to just se as a square or even a node, so could i map them in 3D? That sure is M4TR, but we want to map how it is in reality. So therefore it should be allowed? Right?

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Diskussioun

Bemierkung vum Lumikeiju de(n) 18. Abrëll 2025 um 05:04 Auer

You might find the discussion on this recent blog post interesting: osm.org/user/rphyrin/diary/406378

In short - “Mistagging for a renderer” is bad, yes, but even highly detailed 3D micromapping with lots of building:parts is perfectly fine, so long as the data is truthful.

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