Lidar

[coatsy35]

Just chatting in another group and a member said it was a shame that it can't do defra 1m lidar height (This is UK he is talking about here) as our department for environment farming and rural affairs has the UK mapped by Lidar) I assume other countries might do as well? https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/9ba4d5ac-d596-445a-9056-dae3ddec0178 is the download link for the archive of DSM and https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/13787b9a-26a4-4775-8523-806d13af58fc for the DTM

This is the virtual map link to download a square: https://environment.data.gov.uk/survey

Just thought it might be of interest

[iwatkot]

@coatsy35, actually almost the first issue in this repo was about using different sources for textures/DEM images, that's why the Generation Info feature was added: https://github.com/iwatkot/maps4fs?tab=readme-ov-file#texture
So those parameters can be used to obtain some data from other sources and used in a template. I believe knowing the coordinates is a very simple task to complete.

Regarding the software itself, I don't think I'll ever will adding like multiple sources and try to find which one should be used for the exact coordinates. As an idea the repo can be forked to something like maps4fsUK, where different providers for data will be used.

[coatsy35]

Shame there are not more countries with Lidar data down to that resolution as it would offer more detail.

[coatsy35]

@iwatkot nice little video of a tutorial using Lidar data today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_u9vqxk6A