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This repository contains samples, documentation and releases history for the Bing Maps SDK for Android and iOS.
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3D Textured Buildings in Mobile SDK #40

Open juma3200 opened 4 years ago

juma3200 commented 4 years ago

First off, thanks for a great SDK! It was extremely easy to get up and going.

One question though: the Windows 10 Maps application has highly detailed textured 3D buildings when you select aerial mode ( desktop_maps_3D_aerial_buildings_seattle ), even allowing you to tilt to see the horizon.

Running the SDK example app, I can see the terrain in 3D along with textures on the ground when selecting aerial mode but no buildings in 3D, providing a falsely flat textured terrain ( IMG_0395 ). When I select one of the Road options I get buildings, but only rough outlines with no textures ( IMG_0396 ) My guess is those buildings are based on the Microsoft contribution to OpenMap ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Microsoft_Building_Footprint_Data ). Is there a way to get the same style 3D buildings possible in the Desktop Maps app in the iOS SDK? Is there any other SDKs where you can access the same detailed 3D buildings?

JuanPapas commented 4 years ago

Hi @juma3200 ,

Just wanted to provide you a quick update on this issue. Support for photoreal 3D cities and textured buildings on the symbolic map is coming as part of our upcoming SDK release, which is targeted for end of August.

As far as support in other platforms, feel free to try the following:

juma3200 commented 4 years ago

Hey @JuanPapas that's great to hear. Any updates on the targeted release date for the new release? I'm very excited to use the updated version.

JuanPapas commented 4 years ago

Hi, unfortunately we run into a few issues and had to move our release target in September, but we should have something available soon.