There are quite a few such other projects, e.g. Streets of Prague (https://beta.streetsofprague.com/), were one can explore Prague in a top-down GTA2-like mode, based on real data.
For the longest time I wanted this as the interface for a Local News website I was participating in. It was impossible at the time but I hope it will become a thing. Sure beats HTML tables with text and pictures.
Yeah, it is a bit heavy, but I had to balance features and performance without adding too many toggles that push choices onto the user (often when it is already too late). I optimized it primarily for desktop, with some ideas for making it lighter on phones (rendering only small parts in 1m3 voxels and the rest in gray 8m3 blocks).
When it comes to weather, I am torn between always using golden hour with a clear sky and using the current weather.
Really impressive. The autumn trees and the golden hour light make it feel alive, and the landmark labels are a nice touch. Fun to fly around the city centre.
Good point! I've already expanded the area from something much smaller (so to go to the National Stadium and so on).
The first draft is easy, since Opus 5.5 is good at working with open data and checking against it.
What takes much more time is polishing. Sometimes things are jagged or wrong, streets are disconnected, some tree crowns float in the air, and bridges look like they’ve been hit by an airstrike.
I check things manually, compare them with photos, etc.
Except this websites chokes many desktop PCs, not to mention phones.
Well done.
As default weather - I would prefer sunny day instead of rain…
When it comes to weather, I am torn between always using golden hour with a clear sky and using the current weather.
What takes much more time is polishing. Sometimes things are jagged or wrong, streets are disconnected, some tree crowns float in the air, and bridges look like they’ve been hit by an airstrike.
I check things manually, compare them with photos, etc.
edit: it is raining!