Melown – 3D Map Developer Library

Re:Melown – 3D Map Developer Library by matt4077 on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @05:51PM (#12972358)

Since the software is OSS, what is it that they're selling? Looking at the (impressive) demos, they surely did not create the raw data (3d models, textures), or did they?

I'm wondering because it'd make a nice addition to a commercial website I run, but the 3000 views/month is pretty much exactly what I would expect in a normal month, but it's not important enough to "contact sales" to accommodate peak months or growth.

Also, when using it, I activated the coordinates-finding mode (crosshair cursor) and couldn't get out of it again (Safari). And keyboard navigation didn't work.

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Re:Melown – 3D Map Developer Library by ladislav on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @06:28PM (#12972620)

Hello, this is Ladislav from Melown.com

Actually, all 3D models you can see were created by our photogrammetric software, mostly from aerial and drone imagery. However, we are able to incorporate data even from third-party sources - including 3D models, textures, DEMs, vector data, you name it.

Resulting maps can be easily easily embedded into your site or used in your web app so if you are interested, feel free to try it.

To get back from coordinates-finding mode, just click the 'eye' icon to the left from crosshair.

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Re:Melown – 3D Map Developer Library by matt4077 on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @07:26PM (#12973016)

I can't click the eye. The crosshair remains a crosshair and is actually under the toolbar. If I click "on" (under) the eye, it marks whatever location happens to be there.

This is on Safari and the Jerusalem demo.

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Re:Melown – 3D Map Developer Library by ladislav on Thursday November 17, 2016 @05:17AM (#12976108)

Oh, I see, I was able to reproduce it in chrome - it is definitely a bug. I'll get it fixed as soon as possible.

Thanks a lot for pointing this out!

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