We used to do 3D virtual world work, and though I like where you're going with this, I think loading hi-res tiles, for your use-case, is not the right approach.
The direction we were trying to move with https://ayvri.com back in 2018 was to model the world from low-res imagery, and render higher-resolution views. At the time, the AI tech wasn't ready, but I think you can do this now. You don't need a prefect replica of the world, you want a convincing replica, so when you're drawing Tokyo, the architecture and elements in the scene match what would be expected.
Cool idea, can only use 2D at the moment. Looks like the 3D tile quota is exhausted:
"message": "Quota exceeded for quota metric '3D Tiles root requests' and limit '3D Tiles root requests per day' of service 'tile.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:1016378558728'."
Random thing worth I ran into once, you may have already handled this but sharing just in case:
May want to confirm the map renderer is making its requests using the URL with both the session and API key instead of only the API key. If your API requests are base key only, every refresh client-side might be unexpectedly consuming one of your root quota units, rather than each user getting a session of unlimited tile loads for 3 hours.
If you're seeing network traffic in the console from your renderer out to the API without the session token in the query string along with the API token, or if you see the session token is totally different after refreshing, that might be a sign of something wonky causing quota depletion.
A quick check would be to see how far apart your google analytics for unique users are vs. your API console usage data. If way less than 10,000 unique users depleted the 10,000 unit quota it may be another indicator of something in token/session setup.
I don't understand what it's supposed to do. I see clouds and a prompt entry. I type something in and it just gives me a text response about New York urban tourism...?
I think it's a 3D visualization of Earth with simulated clouds. You can ask an AI to generate a GIS layer to visualize an event. Then, you can talk to parts of the event in chat.
Dating myself, typed in "Global Thermonuclear War". Watching various cities of the world have their map flash on the screen for a few seconds at a time was certainly nightmare inducing. But fascinating.
Seems very interesting tho. Maybe pre-generate the three "prompts" that you show when I open the page, and load them from cache when I select them? At least I can see how it should work.
edit: in 2d the map loads, in 3d it doesn't load.
But when it works in 2d it's VERY COOL!
Prompt box does not show on mobile. I'm using brave on Android. Even when I request the desktop site it does not show it. But when I use brave on Mac it does show it.
This was a confusing landing for me on a mobile device.
I asked for a large asteroid impacting the Pacific ocean. Interestingly the resultant tidal wave apparently heads directly to Honolulu, then to Terminal Island, then reverses course and visits Sydney before traveling overland through New South Wales and Queensland, causing some earthquakes in Papua New Guinea, and coming to rest in Tokyo Harbour.
Also I just realised I can talk to the asteroid. It understandably seems a little traumatized.
me: Hi! What brings you to this particular part of the ocean?
asteroid: *hurtling through the atmosphere at tremendous speed, trailing
fire* AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH! NOT BY CHOICE! Gravity's got me in its grip!
Been floating peacefully through space for millions of years until your
planet's pull caught me! CAN'T STOP NOW! *glowing brighter* Ocean impact
in approximately 17 seconds! Nothing personal against this particular
patch of water! BRACE FOR TSUNAMI! *increasing in brightness and
velocity*
The Google Maps 3d Photorealistic Tiles are returning 429 Error too many requests Looks like will need to build in the ability for people to bring their own Google Maps API key. Fix up shortly
Mostly I seem to be looking at some pretty great looking clouds and some (fake?) satellite imagery, but not seeing any people or armies or anything. And then every now and then it sort of glitches out and resets everything.
I'd love to see a video or something of it in action.
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Oh, it seems to work much better in 2D. Now I see markers and stuff.
We used to do 3D virtual world work, and though I like where you're going with this, I think loading hi-res tiles, for your use-case, is not the right approach.
The direction we were trying to move with https://ayvri.com back in 2018 was to model the world from low-res imagery, and render higher-resolution views. At the time, the AI tech wasn't ready, but I think you can do this now. You don't need a prefect replica of the world, you want a convincing replica, so when you're drawing Tokyo, the architecture and elements in the scene match what would be expected.
Ayvri is impressive, and thanks for the feedback - I hear what you're saying about the convincing replica
Cool idea, can only use 2D at the moment. Looks like the 3D tile quota is exhausted: "message": "Quota exceeded for quota metric '3D Tiles root requests' and limit '3D Tiles root requests per day' of service 'tile.googleapis.com' for consumer 'project_number:1016378558728'."
https://tile.googleapis.com/v1/3dtiles/root.json?key=AIzaSyB...
Asking for a quota increase with support! Will build in bring-your-own-key
Random thing worth I ran into once, you may have already handled this but sharing just in case:
May want to confirm the map renderer is making its requests using the URL with both the session and API key instead of only the API key. If your API requests are base key only, every refresh client-side might be unexpectedly consuming one of your root quota units, rather than each user getting a session of unlimited tile loads for 3 hours. If you're seeing network traffic in the console from your renderer out to the API without the session token in the query string along with the API token, or if you see the session token is totally different after refreshing, that might be a sign of something wonky causing quota depletion.
Example URL for a tile fetch with both params:
Examples: A quick check would be to see how far apart your google analytics for unique users are vs. your API console usage data. If way less than 10,000 unique users depleted the 10,000 unit quota it may be another indicator of something in token/session setup.Okay back online in 3d too!
I don't totally understand this, but it has the potential to be very, very cool.
(The satellite imagery doesn't work in Firefox. Just clouds.)
If this was just a post about generated clouds I would have upvoted anyway. They were cool. Love the vision!
Sorry, exhausted quota on the 3d tiles from Google Maps Platform -- should have workaround up shortly
The map imagery doesn't seem to work in Edge either.
This might be being unfair, but I asked it to simulate the Battle of Goose Green, during the Falklands war of 1982.
Its just a blank screen - https://mused.com/map/sim/2993/battle-of-goose-green
I am excited to see it working though!
The sim on your link is not blank anymore. I can see a map, some entities and some simple paths they take.
I don't understand what it's supposed to do. I see clouds and a prompt entry. I type something in and it just gives me a text response about New York urban tourism...?
I think it's a 3D visualization of Earth with simulated clouds. You can ask an AI to generate a GIS layer to visualize an event. Then, you can talk to parts of the event in chat.
Here's a video -- the 3d map tiles quota was hit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXS9sNcDLJU
Should be back shortly!
Ah, thanks, that video looks pretty cool!
Dating myself, typed in "Global Thermonuclear War". Watching various cities of the world have their map flash on the screen for a few seconds at a time was certainly nightmare inducing. But fascinating.
Seems very interesting tho. Maybe pre-generate the three "prompts" that you show when I open the page, and load them from cache when I select them? At least I can see how it should work.
edit: in 2d the map loads, in 3d it doesn't load. But when it works in 2d it's VERY COOL!
Here's my example: https://mused.com/map/sim/3129/roman-civil-wars-of-the-1st-c...
Doesn't work in Chrome (no map), doesn't work in Firefox. This sounds really interesting and I would love a video of it working its magic.
I don't know what this is supposed to do, but it doesn't seem to work.
Sorry, hit a quota on the 3d map tiles - here's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXS9sNcDLJU
And requested increase, should be back soon!
This is magic. I just did volcano and it simulated lava flow, emergency responders, blast zones. Pretty cool stuff.
Thanks!
Prompt box does not show on mobile. I'm using brave on Android. Even when I request the desktop site it does not show it. But when I use brave on Mac it does show it.
This was a confusing landing for me on a mobile device.
Thanks, this should be updated for a better landing on mobile
I asked for a large asteroid impacting the Pacific ocean. Interestingly the resultant tidal wave apparently heads directly to Honolulu, then to Terminal Island, then reverses course and visits Sydney before traveling overland through New South Wales and Queensland, causing some earthquakes in Papua New Guinea, and coming to rest in Tokyo Harbour.
Also I just realised I can talk to the asteroid. It understandably seems a little traumatized.
https://mused.com/map/sim/2225/asteroid-impact-eventCouldn't help but start humming Queen's Don't Stop Me Now after reading what the asteroid said
This is the best thing that anyone has simulated yet hahah
Update: sorry google maps 3d tiles aren't displaying!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXS9sNcDLJU
The Google Maps 3d Photorealistic Tiles are returning 429 Error too many requests Looks like will need to build in the ability for people to bring their own Google Maps API key. Fix up shortly
Hey defaulting to 2D map temporarily! 3d will work shortly
Okay back online in 3d
Incredibly brave of you to post something like this here. How are you monitoring and managing cost/token usage?
Thanks! The worst is the elevation API -- but yes, I monitored costs throughout today, it's not prohibitively expensive.
The scaling is off on mobile, the prompt box is hidden from view etc.
mobile coming soon. focus is desktop
I can't get it to work, but it sounds interesting. Does anyone have a screen recording to share?
it seems to work, but i dont know what i should be doing with it or what i am looking at
The prompt… er, well, prompt doesn’t appear in portrait orientation on iOS 18.
Mostly I seem to be looking at some pretty great looking clouds and some (fake?) satellite imagery, but not seeing any people or armies or anything. And then every now and then it sort of glitches out and resets everything.
I'd love to see a video or something of it in action.
...
Oh, it seems to work much better in 2D. Now I see markers and stuff.
3d version exhausted quota -- will be back shortly! Video of the 3d version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXS9sNcDLJU
I tried to simulate peace on Earth.
you're the best of us. How'd it do? Can you share it?
it was beautiful
interesting
I like the idea, but it's really glitchy and borderline epilepsy-inducing
Updated -- the geocoding was moving the map around too quickly