Create Accurate Maps with Blender GIS and QGIS

[@khairulhazmizaini1513]

I've been working with both QGIS and Blender separately and this is absolutely what I need for my workflow! Thank you for the tutorial. Keep enlightened us Nicko~

[@SowedCastelli]

I have no idea what you just did but I loved every second of Nicko. Thanks for the video. Another satisfied subscriber here.

[@rexsip4482]

Hello NICKO Thank you very much for your efforts ! I am a satisfied subscriber. Thanks to this subscription I didn't miss this video.

[@CB_GAMES777]

Whoa, I'm accustomed to ESRI products but now i have another reason to use QGIS. 😂 This is awesome!

[@SpicyAl3000]

That's great! Thanks dude :)

[@AshT8524]

This is crazy, Thank you for all your effort. 🤯

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

great tutorial, interessting topics, thank you for your work 🧡

[@rossisbudda]

Thanks to you

[@lewisgibson228]

Hi ! Great tutorial ! Just wanted to mention, when you change the CRS by going in the bottom right corner, it does a "on the fly" reprojection and not a "true" one (which you can get by using the toolbox). This usually has an impact when trying to merge data in QGIS but it might have implications when saving as a shapefile or when importing into blender but it's probably nothing

[@Nicko16]

Thanks for the comment, that is really good to know. I noticed that layers can have individual CRSs independent of the canvas CRS. Will be looking into it...

[@francescocalvi7096]

I'm running through an issue where the height map seems to be coming out very pixelated. I seem to be getting the same issue when using only the BlenderGIS plugin to make the height map too. Is there just not enough data in some places in the world when using STRM 30m for height maps?

[@Nicko16]

Yes it is possible that there is just not very much info in some parts of the world, would be interesting to know how much detail you see in the raster in qgis. There are also other sources of height data available such as the ASTER global elevation dataset, so its worth looking around for better sources. Also double check that your mesh is subdivided, as the level of detail can greatly effect the height map

[@erre8397]

Thank You Nicko16. Could you share what is "WKT Reference" actually doing ? Trying to understand this workflow and can the "WKT Reference" be use in other parts of the world?

[@Nicko16]

It is the description of a custom CRS, and yes, you can use it in other parts of the world. If you can get a latitude and longitude for a place you can insert it into the reference as per the video at 3:36

[@elbarzwalid7344]

Can u plz add how did u visualise tisso 's circle on that sphere ? in fact how did u even unwrap the shpere into a plane in blender ?

[@Nicko16]

Thanks for the message, its a bit complicated to explain in a message but could be a good separate video guide.

[@rothauspils123]

I know you can also get buiilding height data from OSM, if you use the map funcion of BlenderGIS and then later use get OSM, the buildings that have data will be the correct height, do you know how to get that data via QGIS?

[@Nicko16]

Wow that sounds great, I do not know how to do that, although likely someone in the comments might know...

[@laurent5397]

At 8:33 minutes, when I choose to "calculate from" my "layer area", all the north, south, east, and west values reset to 0, and I can't export, even though I followed the tutorial to the letter. Thanks for this tutorial

[@Nicko16]

QGIS can be a bit buggy with the coordinate extents. It is worth restarting the program and possibly redrawing your layer extents.

[@fahge]

Why didnt you use the height info off the buildings? Isn't there a way of using ir in blender?

[@Nicko16]

As far as I could tell, the shapefile that I used here, didn't have height data included in it. However, I believe that it is possible to have height data in a shapefile, yours might...many shapefiles do! Have a look at this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jafMhZxmppd1pqMsi=VAw5I97oWkQ6Pghi

[@MrMcnamex]

after creating custom project qgis wkt projection it went straight to white screen. please anyone else have similar issues

[@Nicko16]

Creating custom CRSs can be a bit glitchy in QGIS, sometimes making a new profile under Settings > User Profiles > New Profile... can help.

[@stoobydoo2638]

What's wrong with using a CRS appropriate to Greece if they are already defined in QGIS and the Blender plugin?

[@trollenz]

Same question here

[@Nicko16]

Nothing wrong with using a Greek CRS if already defined, also nice to define your own to suit specific needs.