Surroundings
A house never stands alone. Enter the address — and the neighbouring buildings stand around your model as volumes, the aerial image of the plot underneath, the sun where it is at that place.
In short
VEDUTUM looks up the coordinates for the address and fetches the footprints of the neighbouring buildings from OpenStreetMap. They appear as grey volumes around your model, with heights from the map. On request the orthophoto of the plot from basemap.at is laid underneath as a texture. If the existing building is still on the plot, it can be hidden. North is set on a dial in which your floor plan sits.
Daylight 06:00 to 21:30
Three layers around your model
Neighbouring buildings
Footprints from OpenStreetMap, pulled up to height. Where the map knows a storey count or a height, it is used; otherwise a standard height is assumed. This is not a cadastre: the data is collected voluntarily and can be out of date.
The aerial image
From basemap.at (CC BY 4.0), laid under the model and aligned to north. It shows paths, planting and neighbouring plots as they looked when the area was flown.
The sun
Calculated for coordinates, date and time. You enter the north angle of your floor plan on the compass dial — if your site plan turns north by thirty degrees, enter thirty and the shadows follow.
What this makes visible
How far the planned volume steps back from the neighbouring boundary, and how the ridge height sits in the row.
Whether the afternoon sun reaches the garden or stands behind the neighbouring house.
Limits
Map data is only as good as the survey behind it. In dense older quarters single courtyards are missing, in new developments the newest houses are.
Check the neighbourhood before an image goes into a submission, and hide it if it is wrong. For an official assessment none of this replaces the site plan from a surveyor.
Frequently asked questions
Do the surroundings cost points?
No. Address lookup, neighbouring buildings and aerial image are map services without a model call. Points are spent on the image they appear in.
Where do the heights of the neighbours come from?
From the map, where somebody recorded them — as a height in metres or as a storey count. If both are missing, a standard height is assumed and the neighbourhood is a hint at volume, not a survey.
Can I remove the existing building on the plot?
Yes. If the map knows a building on the plot, a tick hides it so the new building stands on its own.
May I publish the aerial image?
basemap.at is under CC BY 4.0, so the credit belongs with the image. It is shown in the workspace and belongs in the caption once the image leaves your desk.
More detail is available in German: Surroundings (Deutsch)
Next step
How long do you wait for an image today?
Send us a model from a current project, as IFC or GLB. We show you in a video call what VEDUTUM makes of it.