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minus-square⛓️💥@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·4 days agoWe probably don’t have data for elevation at the resolution needed to generate a smooth mesh rather than towers. You could artificially smooth it out but that would be a less honest representation of the data.
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoWe have data at 5m resolution for free, or better. Source: am geoscientist
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoYou also have to consider computational resources for rendering it. The more detail you include, the more expensive it is.
We probably don’t have data for elevation at the resolution needed to generate a smooth mesh rather than towers. You could artificially smooth it out but that would be a less honest representation of the data.
We have data at 5m resolution for free, or better. Source: am geoscientist
You also have to consider computational resources for rendering it. The more detail you include, the more expensive it is.