Data acquisition: How do I know if this river is been well acquired?

I’ve already entered my river but my imagery was in 2D so… was it well acquired?…  First of all, I import my shape (shp) file into Global Mapper (what a great sofware!) and export my vector file as a KML. Import my river.kml file into my brand new Google Earth 5.2 or just double-click itContinue reading “Data acquisition: How do I know if this river is been well acquired?”

Map24.com; My favorite route planner!

My very good friend Fernando (a spanish/english like friend of mine:-)) introduced me this magnificent route planner he was using at that moment (three years ago!!!!)… map24.com had a very interesting 3D engine, very easy to use and very reliable… I’ve been using it since but it has never been one of the most famousContinue reading “Map24.com; My favorite route planner!”

More of my 3D video edited scenarios.

Please, dont forget to turn on your speakers. Even if i first used a different score and Youtube’s elfs told me not to use it (because of copyright authoring) I have chosen this music from their stuff and this is what I finally got… Hope you like it. Alberto BA Geography MSc GIS and RemoteContinue reading “More of my 3D video edited scenarios.”

One more 3D building. Avenida de la Vega 28108. Restaurante Asiático SHENG. Madrid, Spain.

I used to have lunch every thrusday there, at the ‘Restaurante Asiático SHENG’. I strongly recommend you ‘entremeses’ (In China you will find them as ‘dim-sum’) and Cantonese duck or Hong Kong duck (this was slightly spicy thou).  Very good food, very fast service and pretty cheap menu: 10,7 €… ideal for an IT worker!. TheseContinue reading “One more 3D building. Avenida de la Vega 28108. Restaurante Asiático SHENG. Madrid, Spain.”

Getting textures from Google Maps – Street View

I this post I am trying to show you how easy is adding a building to your scenario using textures from Google Maps (Street View). You have to know a little bit about Photoshop and layers and these stuff but it’s pretty easy thou… First step, capturing my screen…OMG!!! there’s a tree in the middleContinue reading “Getting textures from Google Maps – Street View”

Georreferenced pictures. Geovisualization live!

You find a picture you like and convert it to 3D in a few steps: Step1: Find a picture you like: Step2: Now Open your Google Earth and go to Tools/Add/Photo:   Step3: You have it with the same perspective… you can even navigate inside the picture… This is just within a 3D model, now imagine ifContinue reading “Georreferenced pictures. Geovisualization live!”

Modelling Madrid 3D. Geovisualization live!

And now, Let’s start with a 3D model… this is not very simple thou… First of all we have a flat /2D scenary at GE, no much more than 50 cm of resolution. The place is very close to Madrid downtown, a very big neighborhood called Moratalaz…we will find there two very big towers ofContinue reading “Modelling Madrid 3D. Geovisualization live!”

Modeling from scratch. Geovisualization live!

This is what we first have, a low resolution image taken from Google Earth (GE) visualization engine. This area is a small town within La Rioja, NE of Spain, about 300 km from Madrid. The town is called Muro en Cameros. First of all we have to find a better resolution imagen beacouse is absolutelyContinue reading “Modeling from scratch. Geovisualization live!”

Gestión de Información Gráfica desde la base de datos. Trabajo con datasets de imágenes creados desde listados de registros. Múltiples utilidades. PhotoShop CSX