The #30DayMapChallenge Begins
Recently, I was very impressed by 10 Years, 10 Adventures , a collection of ten WebGL-powered animated travel maps featuring 3D terrain, animated elements and trip narration. So, for today's #30DayMapChallenge , I decided to try creating something similar: a 3D map of Cap d'Antibes, which I recently visited in the South of France. My interactive 3D Map of Cap d’Antibes lets you fly around the peninsula, discover some of its best-known landmarks and view the route of an incredible coastal walk. The map includes clickable points of interest, with three photographs I took on my vacation. You can also follow an animated walking route along the coastal Sentier de Tirepoil, watching the route gradually draw itself across the 3D terrain. The map was created using Three.js , with elevation data from Mapterhorn , a service providing terrain elevation data for creating 3D maps of the Earth's surface. The elevation data was downloaded as a GeoTIFF, a georeferenced image format whi...
