I’m trying to make some building rooftop textures. The resolution you get from public map sites like google or here maps is very low for my taste.
The best thing I found is the work of a guy named “Jeffrey Milstein”. His photos are available as 1600x1196 at best. Here is a sample of his work:
Any suggestions?
First you need to have rights to legally even use any of these from any source. There are companies that sell aerial city photos of various places but they of course cost and are not available without request.
You are quite right. I meant legally. I need at most 10 or 20 rooftops so I am not looking for a business deal or something. I am interested in places like cgtexture.com or texturepilot.com where you can get textures by cheap subscription.
You could also make a drone, equip it with a good camera and do your own photos.
I wish I could say google maps but the resolution probably isn’t enough yet.
Yeah. That would be cool. Only if I had one…
Yes. That’s a shame.
A few issues. 1) You can only go up to 300 feet. 2) They can only use them for non-commercial uses (whatever exactly that entails by FAA regulations). 3) The cost of one that can easily lift a good camera (nevermind stability) is enough were it would be worth looking at taking a helicopter ride anyway.
Have you contacted Jeffrey Milstein and asked him if he can provide higher resolution?
Good point. I wrote to him as you suggested. Will see if something happens.
It seems vertical shots of building are totally underrated. There are tons of beautiful building facade textures are available but none for rooftops. Even commercial products like cityengine don’t have good textures for rooftops and the default textures look pathetic. Same thing goes for microsoft flight simulator:(
Found an excellent one. VIDEO COPILOT | After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins and Stock Footage for Post Production Professionals
It is a pack of 3d textured buildings for 125$. Hope it helps others
