JOSM/Plugins/Urban Eye 3D

Urban Eye 3D
Author:	Zkir and other contributors
License:	GNU GPL (free of charge)
Platforms:	Windows, Linux, and macOS
Status:	Active
Version:	2.1.3 releases (2026-05-01)
Language:	en fr id kw
Source code:	https://github.com/Zkir/UrbanEye3D
Programming language:	Java
Displays 3D world directly in JOSM.
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map yes Map data vector Source online;cache;offline Rotate map yes 3D view yes Shows website ? Shows phone number ? Shows operation hours ? Routing Routing no Create route manually ? Calculate route ? Create route via Waypoints ? Routing profiles ? Turn restrictions ? Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) ? Routing providers ? Avoid traffic ? Traffic Provider ? Navigating ? Tracking ? Monitoring ? Editing ? Rendering ? Accessibility ?

Urban Eye 3D is a JOSM plugin that provides a dedicated 3D view (dockable or floating) to visualize loaded buildings and building parts (building=* and building:part=*).

Information

Key Features:

• Support of the Simple 3D Buildings specification
• Real-time updates: Changes made in JOSM instantly reflect in the 3D view
• Intuitive navigation for switching between JOSM and the 3D view. Using pan or zoom in any viewport updates both viewports at the same time.
  • Pan (right mouse drag)
  • Orbit (left mouse drag)
  • Zoom (mouse wheel)
• Basic color support for building:colour=* and roof:colour=* tags
• Two modes: solid and wireframe. Press Z to switch between them
• Visualization only – no editing or export functionality

Limitations:

• Several roof shapes (roof:shape=gabled, roof:shape=gambrel, roof:shape=hipped, roof:shape=round and some others) are supported for quadrilateral polygons.
• No support for arbitrary non-convex polygon roof shapes. May be added in future versions. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Installation

1. In JOSM, open the menu Edit → Preferences, find the Plugins tab.
2. Search for "urbaneye3d".
   • If it doesn't show up click the "Download list" button.
3. Check the box next to the plugin.
4. Enjoy!

Configuration

By default, added as a docked window on the right panel. If removed can be re-added from JOSM menu Windows → Urban Eye 3D

Tag usage

See the reported tag usage on the Taginfo project page. Also check supported features and tags in the project documentation.

Screenshots

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See also

• (ru) Городской глаз смотрит на тебя в 3D!- original announcement thread
• Urban Eye 3D – JOSM 3D Viewer Plugin - announcement thread
• github.com/Zkir/UrbanEye3D
• Kendzi3D - JOSM plugin of which this plugin is the "spiritual successor"