Using OpenStreetMap Building Models

NUS Digital Twin provides a urban-scale OpenStreetMap model, powered by Cesium OSM Buildings.

Add OpenStreetMap Building

The visibility of each building displayed for the OpenStreetMap urban-scale model can be controlled via the src/content/buildings/buildings.json file.

To add an OpenStreetMap building, add a building object with an elementId that matches the OSM elementId into the buildings.json file.

Caution

This shares the same process as updating the building data. Updating the building data may have other side effects, such as adding an entry into the search results. See Updating Building Data for complete details.

src/content/buildings/buildings.json

[
  ...,
  {
    "elementId": "732229050",
    "name": "Yale-NUS College",
    "address": "20 College Ave East",
    "postal": "138529",
    "latitude": 1.30739,
    "longitude": 103.77257
  }
  }, {
    "elementId": <OSM Element ID>,
    "name": <building-name>,
    "address": <address>,
    "postal": <postal>,
    "latitude": <latitude>,
    "longitude": <longitude>
  }
]

Remove OpenStreetMap Building

To remove an OpenStreetMap building from display, find the matching building object in the src/content/buildngs/buildings.json file, and remove the entry.

Caution

This shares the same process as updating the building data. Updating the building data may have other side effects, such as removing an entry from the search results. See Updating Building Data for complete details.

src/content/buildings/buildings.json

[
  ...,
  {
    "elementId": "732229052",
    "name": "Cendana College",
    "address": "28 College Avenue West",
    "postal": "138533",
    "latitude": 1.30775,
    "longitude": 103.77239
  },
  {
    "elementId": "732229050",
    "name": "Yale-NUS College",
    "address": "20 College Ave East",
    "postal": "138529",
    "latitude": 1.30739,
    "longitude": 103.77257
  }
  ...
]