Landmarks

Most 3D maps draw buildings by raising each footprint straight up into a flat-topped block, so a building like the US Capitol loses the dome that makes it recognizable. Landmarks fixes that with a library of over 500 3D models of real buildings, and once you put them on your map, the skyline looks like the one you’d see from the street.

Landmarks is used by Parchment and Subway Builder to give their cities buildings you can recognize at a glance. Every model comes in day and night versions and uses a set of standard textures that you can adjust to match the look of your map.

The whole library is free and open, so any map that wants recognizable buildings can use these models.