Terrain, Art, Python and LiDAR
Seeing the Earth from above is truly breathtaking, but it takes a lot of time, fuel and opportunity - so instead, why not make miniature art of the world’s famous terrains? This talk explores using Python to take raw terrain data - from aerial lidar and space-based radar scans - and processing it into 3D models, and CAD/CAM toolpaths, with the ultimate result of making Python-powered artwork of some of Earth’s natural wonders. See how to reduce each National Park to a small, …