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Thanks! Actually, we initially started this project with a GPX data visualization app in mind. Open Street Map achieves this well in 2D maps, and we are very interested in a 3D version.

As you can try in the example/geo-viewer, manual 3D line marking is already supported. Soon, we definitely want to add the GPX data loading/displaying feature useful to hikers, mountaineers, drone users, etc.


Thanks for information from a geoviz perspective!!

In the accompanying demo app (example/geo-viewer), we are using LeafletJS for the terrain area selection UI and also for displaying a moving camera (which can also be regarded as a drone ;)) in the global geo coordinate system. We found Leaflet is so valuable.

Really excited to know about OpenLayers. We plan to spin off example/geo-viewer as the base of a new standalone 3D GIS app (which is also OSS). In this new app, we want to implement/accumulate common GIS features and push the limit of browser-based GIS applications. OpenLayers seems perfect for an abstraction module for tile fetching, layer interactions, etc. It looks so matured and supporting so many tile layer service providers.


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