Skyscraperpage.com
Encyclopedia
SkyscraperPage.com is a web-based
database
of scale-model illustrations and diagrams of skyscrapers (actual and otherwise) and other tall structures around the world. Using these diagrams, skyscrapers and other tall structures from any cities are easily compared. General information is also given about each structure, such as the location, the year of built, if available, and for multifloor buildings the number of floors
. The website has over 22,000 custom made drawings of skyscrapers and other tower-type objects as of October 2008, which are submitted by the site's users, of which there are over 600 signed up as of October 2008. The scale of the drawings is one pixel
per meter. The images are created using pixel art
.
Skyscraperpage was created by Dylan Leblanc in 1998 as a database he started by submitting multiple illustrations onto the web and is now one of the largest and most active forums for discussing skyscrapers and the urban environment. It also has an online forum with over 30,00 members. On September 11, 2002, SkyscraperCity was created as a spin off to be a dedicated, international forum similar to the SkyscraperPage forum that also covers architecture and other urban development in addition to skyscrapers. SkyscraperCity now has over 500,000 registered users.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
of scale-model illustrations and diagrams of skyscrapers (actual and otherwise) and other tall structures around the world. Using these diagrams, skyscrapers and other tall structures from any cities are easily compared. General information is also given about each structure, such as the location, the year of built, if available, and for multifloor buildings the number of floors
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
. The website has over 22,000 custom made drawings of skyscrapers and other tower-type objects as of October 2008, which are submitted by the site's users, of which there are over 600 signed up as of October 2008. The scale of the drawings is one pixel
Pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel, or pel, is a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled....
per meter. The images are created using pixel art
Pixel art
Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level. Graphics in most old computer and video games, graphing calculator games, and many mobile phone games are mostly pixel art.- History :The term pixel art was first...
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Skyscraperpage was created by Dylan Leblanc in 1998 as a database he started by submitting multiple illustrations onto the web and is now one of the largest and most active forums for discussing skyscrapers and the urban environment. It also has an online forum with over 30,00 members. On September 11, 2002, SkyscraperCity was created as a spin off to be a dedicated, international forum similar to the SkyscraperPage forum that also covers architecture and other urban development in addition to skyscrapers. SkyscraperCity now has over 500,000 registered users.