Using FME to create 3D Tiles for Cesium from OpenStreetMap data

Overview

This tutorial explains how to create 3D Tiles for the Cesium virtual globe from OpenStreetMap data and show them on the globe. For data processing and tiling, FME is used which is one of the few softwares which can export 3D Tiles. In our example, we extrude buildings footprints. Once imported to Cesium, the buildings are colored by height.