Terrain from real coordinates

Getting Started
1

Hello all,

Wanted to know if it is possible to create maps \ terrains from real X, Y, Z coordinates.

Thanks,

GK

2

Yep. If you want to use Unity’s Terrain object, you can initialize that from a height map in RAW format, or from a mesh.

And of course if you want to make your own terrain mesh, you can do that any way you like.

3

There’s an asset called World Composer that lets you pick any area and create terrain and textures based on satellite data: Unity Asset Store - The Best Assets for Game Making

The texture resolution isn’t high enough to be usable for walking around on the terrain, but it would be appropriate for a flight sim.

1 Like
4

This one is also good.

http://terrain.party/

5

Thank you guys. Just started looking at unity3D as an alternative to several commercial packages we use in geology. Also, since I am building my own software, unity3D seems like a viable way to use both programming and user interaction skills in geology.

I am trying to use large data-sets (I attached an example) to create 3D geological models or plan maps (terrains).

Cheers,

GK

2641404–185912–PDP Voxel.XYZ.txt (127 KB)