Am looking at ways to present LIDAR in 3d, and this is just a very small baby step in that direction. This link will display a 3d model of Apple Pie Hill that you can "explore" in your web browser. It will take a little time to load, so just wait until the image appears. If it doesn't appear, try re-loading the page. I did some quick testing on both my Mac and PC and it seems to work OK. On the Mac, I get a warning that it is using a lot of memory, but that doesn't seem to affect anything for me. Might not work well on older computers or machines without much RAM (but my Mac and Windows computers are 7 years old FWIW). It didn't work on my iPhone 6s+
https://online.boydsmaps.com/3d/
Hold the left mouse button as you drag to rotate and tilt the image. Hold the right mouse button to move left-right-up-down as your drag. Zoom with the mouse scroll wheel.
Here's a screenshot to give you an idea of what it *should* look like.
What do you think? There are a lot of different ways to accomplish this kind of thing, and I have only begun to explore them. This one would not work well with larger maps, but there are other possibilities for that.
https://online.boydsmaps.com/3d/
Hold the left mouse button as you drag to rotate and tilt the image. Hold the right mouse button to move left-right-up-down as your drag. Zoom with the mouse scroll wheel.
Here's a screenshot to give you an idea of what it *should* look like.
What do you think? There are a lot of different ways to accomplish this kind of thing, and I have only begun to explore them. This one would not work well with larger maps, but there are other possibilities for that.
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