A collection/showcase of the different buildings and areas that I have mapped in 3D (through much trial and error). Each location has a link to view on OSM where you can see what building parts and tagging I’ve used to represent these buildings. The heights I have tagged on building parts are mainly calculated by working out the ratio of a building’s height and width in a photo (I used paint.net to measure these dimensions in pixels) and applying this to the width that can be measured from aerial imagery.

Rue de la Providence, Charleroi 🇧🇪

Mapped 23rd July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map A heavily graffitied derelict industrial building on brownfield land outside Charleroi

Parry Place, London 🇬🇧

Mapped 23rd July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map An anarchist message painted on top of some shops in Woolwich, censored in order to keep this diary post family-friendly

Grand Prix Plaza, Las Vegas 🇺🇸

Mapped 21st July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map The Las Vegas Grand Prix Pit Building, built by Formula One for the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2023

Devon Street West, New Plymouth 🇳🇿

Mapped 21st July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map An ominous message painted on top of a building of unknown purpose

Google Data Center, Mons 🇧🇪

Mapped 6th June 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map A QR code visible on the roof of Google’s datacentre in Mons - Try scanning it!

ABBA Arena, London 🇬🇧

Mapped 19th May 2025, 24th July 2025 (surveyed 17th June 2022) - location on osm.org / location on F4map ABBA Arena, a purpose-built, temporary music venue designed for ABBA’s hugely successful virtual concert residency ABBA Voyage. I’m very pleased with the way I managed to represent the ABBA logo folding over the side of the arena.

Volkswagen Chattanooga, Tennessee 🇺🇸

Mapped 24th April 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga

Shanghai International Circuit 🇨🇳

Mapped 24-29 March 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map The pit straight grandstand, pit building, paddock area and grandstands section H and K at Shanghai International Circuit, home of the Chinese Grand Prix since 2004

Brisbane Road, London 🇬🇧

Mapped 19-20 March 2025, 22-23 July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Brisbane Road has been the home stadium of East London football club Leyton Orient since 1937. This was certainly the hardest 3D mapping project, with the current 3D mapping schema not supporting roof:colour well in situations where angled rooves require multipolygons.

Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas 🇺🇸

Mapped 18-21 March 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Nicknamed the Death Star, a 65,000 capacity NFL stadium opened in 2020. I managed to recycle the detailed lettering geometry from a changeset that was originally reverted as mapping for the renderer.

Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪

Mapped 18th March 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Located on Yas Island, Ferrari World is an indoor theme park with the fastest rollercoaster in the world. I have used roof:shape=flat despite the building’s gently sloping dome roof because F4map really didn’t like =dome, see here.

IKEA, Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪

Mapped 18th March 2025, 21st July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Originally opened in 2011, IKEA Yas Island predates the nearby Yas Mall

Albert Park, Melbourne 🇦🇺

Mapped 17th March 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map The pit buildings of Albert Park Circuit, home to the Australian Grand Prix since 1996

Gatwick Airport station, Horley 🇬🇧

Mapped 18th April 2022, 20th March 2025, 21st July 2025 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Gatwick Airport railway station, featuring the largest National Rail double arrow logo in the UK

Folly Arch, Swanley Bar 🇬🇧

Mapped 21st September 2021 - location on osm.org / location on F4map Folly Arch, a prominent local landmark built around 1740 and also my first attempt at 3D mapping