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| Date | Provider | Score | Summary |
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| 25 Aug 2026, 1:05 AM | Hacker News | 5.5 | The entire city of San Francisco as a video game
A web-based interactive demo renders the entire city of San Francisco as a playable 3D environment at sf.thijs.gg, using what appears to be Apple Maps city data. Users can walk, drive, fly with a glider, and teleport around a textured 3D reproduction of SF streets with WASD/mouse controls, tile streaming, and neighborhood-level detail loading. Why: Demonstrates that real-world city-scale 3D data from major platform providers (here, Apple's city models) can be streamed and rendered in a browser with game-engine-style controls. Builders exploring geospatial apps, digital twins, or location-based experiences should evaluate whether Apple Maps' detailed city data is accessible for their own projects, and how tile-streaming approaches handle city-scale rendering performance. |