topic Will Esri host the open buildings layer derived from OSM like Cesium? in AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/aec-architecture-engineering-and-construction/will-esri-host-the-open-buildings-layer-derived/m-p/84723#M50 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I was just wondering if Esri plans to host the open buildings layer derived from OSM Building data? Cesium have just offered this layer to their users so I think it would be good to have this available as a service in AGOL as well?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:57:37 GMT NickMiller2 2020-06-02T22:57:37Z Will Esri host the open buildings layer derived from OSM like Cesium? https://community.esri.com/t5/aec-architecture-engineering-and-construction/will-esri-host-the-open-buildings-layer-derived/m-p/84723#M50 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I was just wondering if Esri plans to host the open buildings layer derived from OSM Building data? Cesium have just offered this layer to their users so I think it would be good to have this available as a service in AGOL as well?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:57:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/aec-architecture-engineering-and-construction/will-esri-host-the-open-buildings-layer-derived/m-p/84723#M50 NickMiller2 2020-06-02T22:57:37Z Re: Will Esri host the open buildings layer derived from OSM like Cesium? https://community.esri.com/t5/aec-architecture-engineering-and-construction/will-esri-host-the-open-buildings-layer-derived/m-p/84724#M51 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Nick,</P><P></P><P>Esri has been considering something similar for a couple of years.&nbsp; The OSM ODbL licensing offers challenges that I'm not sure how Cesium has addressed.&nbsp; This&nbsp;is why we generally avoid demoing with OSM content that can't be handled under another license.</P><P></P><P>We have found some ways to accommodate the licensing.&nbsp; The vector tile data set that we generate is an example.&nbsp; We're exploring how we might be able to do this with 3D, but it's a bit more complicated.</P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:40:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/aec-architecture-engineering-and-construction/will-esri-host-the-open-buildings-layer-derived/m-p/84724#M51 Anonymous User 2020-06-04T19:40:46Z