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I have the Microsoft building footprint shapefile and it would be nice to somehow combine those shapes with height information and extrude them with ScenProc's new 3D building tool.
It wouldn't be hard to do a state at a time, but my problem is a good data source. The FAA's Daily Obstacle File isn't very useful but I came across a website called Emporis that has plenty of data on buildings, at least in Pensacola, Fla. where I began looking (see https://www.emporis.com/buildings/183733/indigo-condominiums-west-pensacola-fl-usa ). Can't seem to find anything beyond manually looking at each building for its location. If I could layer elevation data points over the building shapefiles in QGIS it would be pretty easy (I think) to eliminate all the smaller buildings and export the tall ones into Scenproc so I have more realistic cities than just the rectangular autogen I currently use.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
It wouldn't be hard to do a state at a time, but my problem is a good data source. The FAA's Daily Obstacle File isn't very useful but I came across a website called Emporis that has plenty of data on buildings, at least in Pensacola, Fla. where I began looking (see https://www.emporis.com/buildings/183733/indigo-condominiums-west-pensacola-fl-usa ). Can't seem to find anything beyond manually looking at each building for its location. If I could layer elevation data points over the building shapefiles in QGIS it would be pretty easy (I think) to eliminate all the smaller buildings and export the tall ones into Scenproc so I have more realistic cities than just the rectangular autogen I currently use.
Does anyone have any suggestions?