Daily Blender Tip 325: Find and use any terrain data
Jan van den Hemel writes:
Here’s a quick overview of how to find terrain data of any area in the world, then download and use it in Blender. If you’ve ever wanted to re-create your favorite mountain in 3D, or just use some real-world terrain data as a basis for a 3D scene, check out this short video!
Do you know how to bring in Dem files from the USGS I have a ton of dem files , it works in Vista Pro I think that the name of the program.
I believe there’s a free GIS program where you can import all sorts of map file types and export them to black and white displacement maps for use in 3D software. It’s been a while so I can’t recall the name.
3dem is what you’re maybe thinking of? I’ve used it in the past for this. It’s here: https://freegeographytools.com/2009/3dem-website-is-gone-but-3dem-still-available-here
Not sure if this would work, but use Houdini Apprentice to create nice looking terrains with their awesome terrain tools, export images, use in Blender….
BlenderGIS is the free addon that allows you to easily import DEM and sat image files into blender. And has a working version for 2.80 as well.
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