Google Earth 3D Models Now Available as Open Standard (GlTF)
As a contributor to deck.gl, I’m super excited to use this! Contributors added a TerrainExtension [0] to drape or offset 2D data onto 3D surfaces in 8.9, which is huge for 3D visualization in general since common 2D layers would often be occluded by anything 3D. It’s great to see Google using open standards and openly governed projects for rendering too. Carto developed a story map [1] to showcase the new features, and played a big role in the integrations and extensions. Documentation has been updated, so it’s all ready to use. Happy mapping![0] https://deck.gl/docs/api-reference/extensions/terrain-extens...
[1] https://3dtiles.carto.com/