Above Ground Shaded Reliefs
Yesterday in the Great Smokies
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Using lidar derivatives in ArcGIS Pro, Blender, and Python Notebooks
Long tradition in cartography of making shaded reliefs.
There's a ArcGIS Pro style for this.
Blender 3D
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Professional, free and open source 3D software
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enables ray tracing to create subtle shading effects.
Ray tracing
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Renders an atmospheric quality
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by illuminating nearby objects with reflected light.
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Takes a long minute to render.
Workflow
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Create DSM in ArcGIS Pro.
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Export as scaled 16-bit TIFF raster with world file.
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Render in Blender matching original raster aspect ratio.
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Using world file, bring raster back into AP and color with NDVI.
Some notable cells from the notebook...
Blender time
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Make sure you have a 16-bit TIFF with a world file
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and you know it's pixel dimensions.
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Use this Blender project file
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with the plane, camera, and light already set up.