May Updates: Interactive 3D models and a New Map of Japan

We had two important updates in the last month:

• Highly interactive 3D Models on your maps with the SDK
• A new map of Japan

Next-level interaction with 3D models on maps

Take engaging your users with a map to the next level with interactive 3D models. You can now build animated models into your maps with the MapTiler SDK:

• Expand a building into a floor-by-floor schematic: Trigger animated models when users hover over them.
• Visualize travel routes: Animate models along paths and get the camera to follow them
• Build games or simulations with models that can be placed and moved, and even interact with each other.

 Find out more Read the docs

A new Japanese map design

We built a new map designed specifically for use in Japan. The maps use a unique blend of Japan’s official GSI data and our premium MapTiler Planet-v4 dataset. This has enabled us to preserve the local symbols, naming conventions, and feature semantics familiar to the people of Japan, while presenting them in a clean, modern, and readable design.

Japanese users get a map in their language that looks and behaves like the maps they know, and developers get the usability of a modern map editor, with layer names in Japanese and a dark mode preset, from the MapTiler platform.

Preview the Map Use it in your app