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Posted on 9 April 201824 October 2018

Creating 3D Cityscapes Using Open-Source GIS and Open Data

Guest post by Selasi Dorkenoo

This workflow has three major steps:

  1. Data Retrieval (OpenStreetMap, Scholars GeoPortal, City of Toronto Open Data Catalogue)
  2. Processing Geospatial Data (QGIS with Qgis2threejs)
  3. Combining STL Files (Autodesk Meshmixer)

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