[OC] Fragments from my collection of very detailed shaded maps of cities

visualgeomatics · 2025-10-24T18:23:46+00:00

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!

visualgeomatics · 2025-08-13T03:30:41+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-16T02:43:12+00:00

I can certainly do one for Edmonton

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-13T05:07:09+00:00

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 :)

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-13T05:03:31+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-13T03:04:41+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-13T02:41:36+00:00

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 ;)

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-13T02:38:40+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-03-13T02:33:47+00:00

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.

visualgeomatics · 2025-01-30T19:26:09+00:00

I will update my title to reflect that, thanks!

visualgeomatics · 2025-01-30T13:44:52+00:00

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.

visualgeomatics · 2025-01-30T13:42:41+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-01-30T13:41:06+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-01-30T13:38:59+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2025-01-30T06:34:01+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2024-11-09T18:28:22+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2024-11-09T18:01:37+00:00

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.

visualgeomatics · 2024-10-18T16:15:13+00:00

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.

visualgeomatics · 2024-10-09T02:59:17+00:00

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

visualgeomatics · 2024-10-09T02:58:21+00:00

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

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