The goal is to integrate a dynamic map, like OpenStreetMap or Google Maps, into Rhino. I had several requirements: it needed to work all day without bothering the user, it had to be functional in perspective view, meaning it needed fast display and smooth performance. All images are downloaded dir…

Hi @kitjmv Most of us who do architectural projects would welcome such a tool. Many times I have to go to google maps and do screen grabs and further edit in Photoshop and then try to determine scale, for me this would be a big time saver. Are you going to release this tool for Rhino users? If so …

Hello @3dsynergy , Unfortunately, no, it’s currently an internal tool, and at this point, I’m not sure what its future will be. What is certain is that it requires far too much effort to be a free plugin, but I’d be happy to explain how I did it to anyone interested. Thank you for your comment! An…

[image] jmv: but I’d be happy to explain how I did it to anyone interested I’d be very much interested in knowing more about the logic behind this one. I’ve been following your development journey in other threads but a high level overview of the necessary steps would be very welcome.

Hello @mrhe ! I figured this would pique your curiosity! How’s the 3D sculpting going? On my end, I saw that things were progressing and that it was very interactive! Give me a bit of time to put together a proper response (this evening it’s getting late…).

3D, 2D, GPS, Mercator Coordinates, WTF! To keep it simple: GPS: EPSG:4326 with longitudes ranging from -180° to +180° (X-axis) and latitudes from -90° to +90° (Y-axis). Mercator: EPSG:3857 , the predecessor of today’s GPS coordinate system, but limited to latitudes between -85.06° and 85.06°. Used…

Sweet! Is this using the in-memory bitmap from Nathan or did you end up saving to disk?

Hello @mrhe ! Neither—I’m still using OpenGL…

Got it. I’m working on a different project where the in-memory bitmap implementation could come in handy. I’ll share my progress on the forum when I’ll find the time to wrap my head around it.

A while ago I developed a stand alone Python software to grab satellite imagery and save it as an image which I would then import to Rhino. It’s easy to import as the software tells you the “real life” size of the satellite image composite (in km), so you just have to scale it in Rhino. It saves you…

Interactive map in Rhino!

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