export Goolge maps data to external 3D shoftware

pablete

Hello, Can anybody recommend me a specific program to export  3D meshes  from google Maps to a external programs such as Maya or Blender? or any tutorial or thread where I can document myself. Thanks!!

another caveman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XsmoZJmG8
https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter

SnowInChina

check for versions if you are using the workflow above

if you run into problems you propably have wrong versions of blender or the plugin or render doc, check documentation for required versions

gnoop

That's cool. Only issue  Google things are not for commercial use.  Does anyone know a good source of terrain  geo and textures from public domain?

I recall US agriculture department    had 1pix for meter  images   a decade ago with pretty free to use license  but I read they changed their mind. 

is there anything now?

SnowInChina

https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

but you would need to check the copyright with them regarding the material afaik

gnoop

Thanks  SnowInChina      .    Still see no legal info  related to commercial usage in games  and how to extract  this  at all.     

Found  this : https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/APFO/imagery-programs/pdfs/naip/order-forms/fsa_441a_2018.pdf

but also no idea  if you could use it in a game   after purchase.

Wonder where big games takes  their  realistic terrain backgrounds of exact places?   Surely it should be cheaper way  than  building  from scratch in Terragen or Vue .

We once tried to capture terrain from a  consumers class drone but you need a hell of a load of extra batteries  or it would takes forever.  And quality of  photogrammetry from a drone is a crap.

another caveman

You can also use OBS as a bridge between Google earth and substance designer and then do it a bit like bitmap 2 material style
If you use Google earth studio you won't render the texts