Google Earth as glTF
Dev tools
3d asset conversion
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Renders well in a 3D monitor viewer
From 1 comment
The viewer app for the Sony 3D monitor imports glTF files without any processing, and I can confirm that it displays effectively in actual 3D.
zone411 on HN
Objections
Setup fails with 403 or fetch errors unless the 3D Tiles API is enabled
From 3 comments
I created an API key, because I've been interested in creating a 3D map of Acadia National Park (Mt Desert Island) for a while. On the website, I put in the coords…
SamBam on HNI'm getting ``` ==== No tiles found for screen space error 8. Getting tiles that are within 2x of 64 === Fetching glTF 0/2 Fetching glTF 1/2 Normalizing & stitching together 2…
zone411 on HNCan someone explain the API situation? I have a dev account and I created a project, and I put a credit card in the billing info, and it gave me a maps api key which doesn't seem…
Eisenstein on HN
Downloads hang or produce an empty glTF in some browsers
From 1 comment
This would be very cool, if it worked for me. I tried this in firefox first and it downloaded something according to the log, but nothing was displayed and the downloaded gltf…
oarfish on HN
Google billing and API signup are confusing
From 2 comments
Can someone explain the API situation? I have a dev account and I created a project, and I put a credit card in the billing info, and it gave me a maps api key which doesn't seem…
Eisenstein on HN``` > Is there something simple I am missing? ``` Yes. Last year's Google Maps API. We all miss it.
dotancohen on HN
Requests
Offline use or commercial licensing clarity given Google's terms
From 2 comments
They license most of their data and surely those license terms would be far more expensive if they allowed for this kind of export and offline use. Or they just couldn't license…
crazygringo on HNDoes this imply that I cannot make commercial product using this models?
ivanjermakov on HN
Questions
Can this be used commercially given Google's license terms?
From 1 comment
Does this imply that I cannot make commercial product using this models?
ivanjermakov on HN
Alternatives named
OpenTopography
From 1 comment
Super cool that it includes high(ish)-resolution buildings! Folks interested in using this data may also be interested in OpenTopography[0], which is a repository of…
gia_ferrari on HN
USGS Lidar Explorer
From 1 comment
In the U.S., a great place to start is the USGS Lidar Explorer: https://apps.nationalmap.gov/lidar-explorer/#/ This site provides access to lidar point clouds (and DEMs, etc)…
ddhhyy on HN
BlenderGIS
From 1 comment
Yeah, BlenderGIS. It's the shiznit. I use that thing for basically all my terrain now; there's no tergen as good as ol' Planet Earth.. If you're doing visualizations or…
MilStdJunkie on HN
PotreeConverter
From 1 comment
HA! I have been following your tutorial for the past couple of days. I run into a major nightmare with GDAL not being seen in python. Its installed in pip list - I have OSgeoNW,…
samstave on HN
Terrain2STL
From 1 comment
Here you can get terrain to STL: https://jthatch.com/Terrain2STL/
llamaInSouth on HN