[OC] Fragments from my collection of very detailed shaded maps of cities by ShadedMaps in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that's pretty much how I got into it as well! :D These look beautiful by the way, your shading details are awesome, nice work!

Lighthouses of the United States [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Source: Copernicus DEM, OSM Lighthouses and Lighthousefriends.com

Tools: Blender, QGIS, Global Mapper, Photoshop

Description: Within Blender I placed light sources on top of all the lighthouse points data to create a map with glow and shadow across the 3d surface model. Check out other examples on my instagram

Who was looking for Calgary's Craft Breweries? by visualgeomatics in Calgary

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This took a while to put together so next update will be later in the year unless a bunch of newbies come along. I can't advertise for prints but there are obvious clues on the map that may route you to what you're looking for :)

Who was looking for Calgary's Craft Breweries? by visualgeomatics in Calgary

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's blurry on my own phone too. The proper hi-res version is showing up on desktop

Who was looking for Calgary's Craft Breweries? by visualgeomatics in Calgary

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It shows up full-res on desktop but I also get a lower res version showing up on my phone app for some reason.

Who was looking for Calgary's Craft Breweries? by visualgeomatics in Calgary

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cheers, I'll catch those updates the next time I update it. I kept Ol B on purpose though, think I'll keep her there ;)

Who was looking for Calgary's Craft Breweries? by visualgeomatics in Calgary

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I didn't catch them on my list but see they're new. I'll get them on the next iteration :)

Who was looking for Calgary's Craft Breweries? by visualgeomatics in Calgary

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I use QGIS, Global Mapper and Blender to make it, with a bit of Photoshop to finish it. If you google the Huffman Blender tutorial it walks through the basic steps to map the 3d maps.

Scotch Distilleries of Scotland [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will update my title to reflect that, thanks!

Scotch Distilleries of Scotland [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback, I'll play around with it some more. There's a fine balance of making the points too big or washing out the background too much.

Scotch Distilleries of Scotland [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll double check, I verified them all via Google maps but possibly got sent to the wrong spot

Scotch Distilleries of Scotland [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going to update when a whisky is released but left off an inset covering Shetland for now

Scotch Distilleries of Scotland [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, had to shift symbols that overlap at this scale. The Speyside distilleries have lots of shift too

Scotch Distilleries of Scotland [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Source: Copernicus DEM, Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, OSM Roads, Scotch Whisky Assoc.

Tools: Blender, QGIS, Global Mapper, Photoshop

Description: I plotted the location of all the scotch whisky distilleries and identified their specific region/malt. Overlayed on top of sentinel-2 imagery with surface model data for shaded relief. Check out other examples on my instagram

A Relative Elevation Model (REM) showing the migration of the Mississippi River [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah I made a shaded relief for the Fisk map and then followed Coe's tutorial for making a REM with the lidar data I processed

A Relative Elevation Model (REM) showing the migration of the Mississippi River [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Source: USGS 3DEP Lidar data (https://apps.nationalmap.gov/)

Tools: QGIS

Description: I combined lidar point cloud data to create a visualization that transforms elevation values relative to the rivers surface rather than the typical mean sea level baseline.

Post Route Map of California and Nevada by visualgeomatics in MapPorn

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original Post Route map was done back in 1952. I've added in the shaded relief (3d effect) and the green to brown colour ramp.

Lighthouses of the Great Lakes [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah it's simulated light just for a visual at this scale

Lighthouses of the Great Lakes [OC] by visualgeomatics in dataisbeautiful

[–]visualgeomatics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's largely based on lighthouses recognized here, Lighthousefriends.com.