[NOT YET]..but Dayum - Blender Earth Modeler Add-on

[luchian]

Blender Earth Modeler Add-on | 3D Google Earth (City/Terrain) inside Blender

I do not have more details yet (paid? free?) but this looks like a great tool. Curious to see where it goes.

New Earth Modeler for Blender! Integrate 3D models from anywhere in the world into Blender. Fast, one click modeling using Google Earth data. Get it from the source - Google Earth. Set location and the model is imported directly into your scene.

NOTES
This is a pre-release preview of the Add-on. This project is currently in development and testing.
Imagiscope Technology is the software developer of the Earth Modeler Add-on for Blender.

 

[Johnr777]

Right now we can do the same with Renderdoc and MapsModelsImporter plugin, but this seems way more user friendly.

Wondering if theres an API cost involved for pulling data, since Renderdoc gets around that

 

[luchian]

Yes, I did some tests with RenderDoc some time ago, but it's.. hacky . This seems like a very clean and simple solution. Unfortunately, it does not look like it's going to be free.

Here is the I/O note.

I found this about the pricing.

SOURCE: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/aerial-view/usage-and-billing

 

[Mitch9]

Earth2mfs is the better tool for large areas, like race tracks
Hope it still works after this is released...