buy global mapper for sure! although it's better if you have a budget for the premium satellite imagery (the free stuff is ok in continental USA, but globally not so hot)
also buy this tutorial from Gnomon https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/creating-terrains-with-satellite -data-volume-1 really good sections on using global mapper and getting elevation data and imagery to line up finally screw google, we spent months trying to buy imagery from them and they just don't know how to deal with 'customers' there are also independent satellite imaging companies, that often supply their data for use in google maps/earth, so if you are well funded, you could approach them directly a _____ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Fabian Schnuer Gohde Sent: 13 May 2016 13:08 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? Hi, I have tried a few times and failed trying to get anything from Google Earth. I used public DEM/GeoTIFF data last time I had to do something like that. Depending where you are flying over there are also some good national databases out there. You have stuff like http://aescripts.com/geolayers/ and there is at least one 3dsmax plugin also. http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/global-mapper.php is a good low-cost product for dealing with this sort of data and converting various GeoTIFF projections for example. Best of luck. Fabian On 13 May 2016 at 13:44, Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk> wrote: I need to create a flyover of parts of Europe which is supposed to look very much like in Google Earth, but with added bits and pieces I need to create. I took a look at Google Earth Pro which pretty much provides the type of imagery I need, but I want to get my hands on the 3D data with textures so I can do my stuff in XSI, not just render a movie out from GEP. Google are not very helpful concerning how to contact them, so I thought someone here surely had to do something similar at some point. Has anybody here succeeded in getting said Google Data or gone with a DM data and sattelite imagery provider? Any hints will be most welcome. Thanks Morten ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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