Hey Bango Would using Cesium help at all? There is some functionality already in QGIS for it and additional functionality is currently being developed for it. https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/blog/2023/11/16/3d-tiles-in-QGIS/
https://north-road.com/2023/11/07/qgis-3d-tiles-thanks-to-cesium-ecosystem-grant/ Cheers Em On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 at 23:17, Bango via QGIS-User <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm a new member of this mailing list, a total QGIS beginner and I've some > issues understanding how to use QGIS to be able to realize a project. > In this regard I hope and I would appreciate it if you can help me out. > > What do I want to achieve? > > For this particular project I want to create a 3D map based on real world > locations within Unreal Engine 5 (UE). > > In this regard I was able to collect a set of tiff files which contain the > height information I was looking for to use them as tiled heightmaps to > build up the entire 3D map. > > Unfortunately, UE isn't capable of reading tiff files, so I would have to > convert the files to a format like raw or png. > > Another issue is the tiff files contain latitude and longitude coordinates > (especially in their name), based on WGS84, which I guess would help to > arrange the tiles properly in software like QGIS, but UE isn't capable of > reading those coordinates and renaming the files manually can be very > tedious since they won't be displayed in the required order on Windows 11. > > Anyways, since QGIS may can help me to get more real world related data > and info which I could use for my project, I probably won't get around > having to understand and use QGIS, but QGIS seems to have a very steep > learning curve and without your help I'll probably have to spend a lot more > of time trying to figure out if and how to get the results I need because > from my perspective the user interface and usability aren't very "beginner > friendly" and I haven't yet found any videos or articles about what I am > trying to accomplish nor isn't the documentation very helpful to me as I > don't understand what I've to look for regarding terms, features and > workflows. > > Considering this, I thought, it might be more efficient to ask here for > help to understand if and how QGIS can help me to get the following desired > results: > > 1. I want to be able to export the tiff files in raw format and the files > should also contain a suffix in their name based on the xy coordinate > system considering the desired order e.g. tile_x1_y1, tile_x1_y2, > tile_x2_y1, etc. (preferably editable/exportable in a batch). > > 2. I want to be able to export more collected data (e.g. satellite images) > based on the number of tiles - for example: I want to export a > satellite image for each tile - and I want to be able define the desired > export resolution (also preferably in a batch). > > Let me know if you need more request related info. > > Thanks in advance for all the help and replies! > > Best, > Bango > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Emma Hain — Product Manager/Senior GIS Analyst e...@north-road.com [image: https://north-road.com] *North Road* Cartography • Development • Spatial Analysis ------------------------------ *north-road.com* <http://north-road.com> <https://twitter.com/northroadgeo> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-road-studios> <https://www.facebook.com/North-Road-997236690392419/home>
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