There are a variety of higher-end tools that can do this.. ArcGIS 3D Analayst, World Construction Set/other 3D Nature products, most R/S software (e.g. ENVI). I'm assuming you don't have these tools though.
You could use 3DEM (no longer developed, but works okay last I checked - http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem). If you have any kind of spatial analysis GIS software you could output a DEM with the suitable berm modifications. I've done this a lot for cut/fill type of studies (typically related to modifications to riparian systems for construction). It's really not that hard to do though getting a decent elevation model can be challenging. If it's a shooting range there should be an engineering study which would have the suitable data, though data format may be a challenge if you don't have the right software. /r - bri On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Roger Rayle <[email protected]> wrote: > Brent-- > > Maybe this would work for you... > > 1. Overlay a higher-res aerial photo of the area onto Google Earth > 2. Build a model of the berm using Sketchup and place it on Google Earth > 3. Overlay some landscape photos of the site onto some "background fences" > built with Sketchup > 4. Take some screenshots. > > (I used something like this to depict some fence diagrams of lithology in > Google Earth.) > > --Roger Rayle-- > [email protected] > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Brent Fraser <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> To all, >> >> A friend of mine needs to submit a picture (rendering?) showing how a >> proposed berm would look at a shooting range. I'm getting this third (or >> fourth!) hand so I don't have any more details on the request. >> >> My first thought was to use something like Google Earth and a 3d model of >> the berm and take a screen snapshot when I maneuvered to a viewpoint I >> liked. But the available DEM and imagery are of such low resolution it >> would not be adequate (and I think it violates the license agreement). >> Similarly, unless I get much better DEM and imagery (and that's not likely), >> terrain modelers like VTP (http://vterrain.org) or "terrain capable" 3D >> modelers like Sketchup would not give enough detail. >> >> So how about augmented reality? I could take a photo of the area using a >> smart phone, and maybe get position and orientation out of it somehow >> (perhaps determine focal length too). But I don't know of any FOSS >> projects for rendering 3d models onto real photos. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Brent Fraser >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > -- Brian Russo / (808) 271 4166 _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
