Last calendar week Mapbox revealed their novel extrusion properties for information layers inwards Mapbox GL JS. These novel extrusion properties permit you lot to practice 3d buildings (extruding buildings past times their divulge of floors) or other 3d information visualizations on a map using your ain information layers.
Robert White has already used Mapbox's novel 3d buildings option to practice the impressive Vancouver Zoning Map. Robert's map non alone has 3d buildings only besides uses data styling to color those buildings in addition to other map features to present Vancouver's distinct urban meat zones.
Using the map you lot tin ship away explore how & where Vancouver uses zoning inside the city. You tin ship away besides run across how this zoning has an upshot on the edifice heights inwards Vancouver's neighborhoods.
If you lot desire to run across how you lot tin ship away practice your ain edifice elevation map thus you lot powerfulness desire to convey a await at my How to Create a Building Height Map tutorial. Mapbox has nevertheless to practice a expert tutorial for creating 3d buildings amongst Mapbox GL JS. However you lot tin ship away convey a await at the demo map provided inwards their weblog post, 3D Features inwards Mapbox GL JS, to run across how the novel extrusion properties work.
