TouchTerrain_for_CAGEO VS BlenderGIS

I can't speak for the jigsaw part, but the topographic part is getting easier and easier. https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/ will spit out an STL of pretty much anywhere on Earth.

https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/ is a great source for free .stl terrain models. But these folks have the absolute best I've seen: https://maps.equatorstudios.com/ Gotta pay for more than a few models though.

I used https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu - you can import a KML file, hidden in Area Selection options. To generate KML, I went on google earth and clicked a whole bunch of times.

Always happy to share what I know, though it may seem strange to others. If anyone wants to attempt terrain carving, they should. Answered this question above briefly. I buy quality data from these folks. Free models that can be quite serviceable can be had from multiple places like this.

https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/ (up to 10m resolution) and https://jthatch.com/Terrain2STL/ (90m resolution) can be even simpler if you're just getting into it, and can produce awesome models, but they use lower resolution data sets... so they won't show the fine details that really pop. Lidar based datasets can get down to 1m resolution, or even lower for some datasets. It depends on the scale and size of the object you want to print, really. But having models of many of the peaks and canyons I've hiked, and now my local neighborhood and more... it's pretty awesome.

The map scale is 1:2500000 with a 5x vertical exaggeration and the 3MF files have the base and waterline objects aligned for printing. USGS data, TouchTerrain, and DEM processing were used to generate the models. Chris, who is behind TouchTerrain, was very receptive to my feedback through the process and this would not be possible without his support.

I'm running Linux. I've already tried to run sudo apt -y install python3-numpy as suggested here and tried to install numpy using blender's python console and import pip pip.main.... it's saying everything is installed, but I still cannot enable addon either run import numpy in console. Please ask me if you need more technical details.

There's a GIS addon for the 3D suite Blender: https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS It let's you import parts of Google maps and you may import buildings, roads, etc. as well.

In Blender, add the plugin "Blender GIS", which will give you an easy way to bring in terrain, aerial photos, etc. Import your DAE into Blender and have a look at "Import units" when importing. I still think you'll need to move the DAE model once it's in Blender to get it to match the terrain.

- Downloaded BlenderGIS (https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS) which allows the import of georeferenced elevation data (geo TIF file). I also tried to import individual tree points with no luck.

I am trying to create a 3D relief on my geoTIFF map created in ArcGis. In Blender I am using a BlenderGIS plugin (https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS)

You might try blendergis it’s free and it just might do what you need

I used Blender GIS to import real height data from Yosemite Valley. Unfortunately, the mesh did not have enough detail and was low resolution. Thus I've used it as a base mesh and sculpted most of the detail using rock brushes.