On: Guide to Making 3D Maps with Satellite Imagery in R

[sailfast]

This is super interesting - I had no idea you could do this kind of thing with R. Very cool and a great step-by-step guide.

I also second the "rite of passage to fight with GDAL" sentiment :)

I'd also recommend Robert Simmon's introduction to GDAL for stitching, etc: http://www.openvisconf.com/2017/#rsimmon-video-item

[tylermw → sailfast]

The R GIS ecosystem has seen great strides recently! I've just been working on one part of it: 3D visualization and computational hillshading/raytracing.

And that video looks like a great resource--I'll put it on my watch list.

[kylebarron → tylermw]

You should check out Mapdeck [0]. It's R bindings to deck.gl, a JS 2D/3D geo-visualization package that I've been contributing to. As of version 8.1, there's a TerrainLayer [1] to render an interactive map with a 3D terrain mesh.

[0]: https://github.com/SymbolixAU/mapdeck [1]: https://deck.gl/#/documentation/deckgl-api-reference/layers/...

[amrrs → sailfast]

A self plug. I'd once put together a ppt that's cherry picked 'can R do this kind of examples' https://speakerdeck.com/amrrs/r-in-the-real-world