[HN Gopher] Arnis: Generate cities in Minecraft from OpenStreetMap
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Arnis: Generate cities in Minecraft from OpenStreetMap
Author : jamesy0ung
Score : 99 points
Date : 2024-12-31 20:47 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| m3kw9 wrote:
| Someone should use the point maps Japan released and match it
| with open street maps to create even more detailed buildings.
| NavinF wrote:
| Link to the point maps?
| verdverm wrote:
| technically just tokyo
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42501102
| woopersiop wrote:
| Very cool, the generation of Chicago's L tracks seemed to be a
| challenge for the algorithm.
| claytonwramsey wrote:
| Is it just me, or does the README have the ChatGPT accent? For
| instance: Whether you're looking to replicate
| your hometown, explore urban environments, or simply build
| something unique and realistic, Arnis offers a comprehensive
| toolset to achieve your vision.
|
| I don't have a lot of issues with people using LLMs to generate
| documentation, but it does seem to have a lot of nothing-
| sentences.
| idle_zealot wrote:
| ChatGPT sounds like that because that's what vapid feel-good
| corporate copy reads like, and there are mountains of it
| churned out by humans.
| wjnc wrote:
| A legitimate question for me would be is documentation made
| to be read or to be written and what is the appropriate
| trade-off in energy invested? I might write a one off email
| to an individual, a email to a big audience or a presentation
| to the board. All three get different levels of attention.
| From little, to there are layers to this text nobody would
| expect (perhaps mostly for my enjoyment).
| mitthrowaway2 wrote:
| How would you phrase it?
| ripbozo wrote:
| For one, it's not a "comprehensive toolset" (focus on
| toolSET) - it's one tool with one config option.
| a12k wrote:
| Build your ideal city with Arnis.
| taberiand wrote:
| Arnis uses OpenStreetMap data and Rust to generate Minecraft
| worlds based on real-world geography and architecture.
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| It processes large-scale data to create accurate cities,
| landmarks, and natural features in Minecraft, making it easy
| to replicate real places or design realistic environments.
|
| (This rephrasing generated by ChatGPT)
| recursive wrote:
| That sentence just doesn't need to exist at all. The nature
| of the tool is already covered. I don't think there's a
| reason to tell people that they could use it for this, that,
| or the other thing.
| thorum wrote:
| You're right, and this is unfortunately becoming very common on
| GitHub, even for otherwise great projects.
|
| Good technical writing is concise and tells you what you need
| to know as directly as possible. ChatGPT written documentation
| always reads like bad marketing copy.
| aduermael wrote:
| That's really cool!
| DannyPage wrote:
| Just like Microsoft's latest batch of Flight Simulator games, I'd
| love if there was a version of this for creating race tracks out
| of real areas in the world.
| genghisjahn wrote:
| Hmmm. Wonder if this can be done for Valheim?
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