How to convert OSM data to 3D buildings using FME
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OSM data to 3D buildings
Best answer by crayxt
Example of data?
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Example of data?
sorry i did'nt get your answer
Example of data? means
i am using .osm file
i loaded .osm file this is in 2D format in fme
and i want to convert that 2D to 3D using FME
sorry i did'nt get your answer
Example of data? means
i am using .osm file
i loaded .osm file this is in 2D format in fme
and i want to convert that 2D to 3D using FME
Example of data?
i am not having height attribute then what can i do
please suggest me i am new to FME
+62- Celebrity
If you want it to look realistic you'll need to have some source of elevation data so that you can determine the height (above sea level) of the buildings, then use a 3DForcer to set the building polygons to that height and an Extruder with a negative distance to create a 3d block of the building.
However, this way will look bad if you have buildings with height differences as the entire building will get a single elevation.
This knowledge base article should give you some pointers about the process, but the key issue is that you have to have building height data.
+59- Safer
Well it's not quite true that you need to create building height... provided someone in OpenStreetMap has entered that information already. For example, here is a building in New York as viewed in FME...
So in theory you just need to use an Extruder transformer set to the attribute storing the height of the building.
In practice, I picked New York because I was sure there would be building heights. Your area of data may not have that, in which case you would have to make one up.
You could either set a fixed value, or generate one with the RandomNumberGenerator. Another way would be to use the ExpressionEvaluator to calculate a height based on the building area (footprint) - on the basis that a larger building is likely to be taller.
Alternatively, if you can get hold of point cloud data you could generate the height of the building using that.
So, it's possible, it just depends what data you have and how accurate you want to be.