Question

I am trying to create a 3D map on a web page. Google Maps and Open Street Maps provide an API for using 2D maps. Are there any APIs available for 3D maps?

Answer 1

You probably want to take a look at WebGL Earth, an open source project based on WebGL. Here’s a demo.

Here are other links which may be of interest to you:

• Mapbox GL JS
• Tangram, Open-Source OpenGL Maps
• ArcGIS Web API support 3D maps.
• wrld.js, also see on GitHub.
• cesium.js, on GitHub as well.
• see this question with other suggestions as well!

Edit (08/2017): removed dead links (thanks @Pang!), added newer ones.