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How to Mosaic a Raster in ArcGIS Pro
April 2020 In this example, we will cover how to stitch together imagery tiles and load them into ArcGIS Pro to create your mosaic. First, let’s open the toolbox and navigate to the Mosaic To New Raster tool. This tool is going to stitch together your individual image tiles into a seamless mosaic image. From here, we can…
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Migrating Data Models to Nearmap AI Generation 5
August 2022 On August 15, 2022, Nearmap released Generation 5 (Gen 5) of Nearmap AI. All of the data layers in Nearmap AI have been updated and enhanced by the more powerful and accurate AI and machine learning algorithms used to develop the Gen 5 data layers. Gen 5 more accurately identifies features in our imagery. What…
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Nearmap and Rhino: Importing 3D Site Models with Textured Mesh in Rhino for Windows and Mac
August 2020 If you want to use Nearmap 3D in your Rhino 3D model, the good news is that you can import Nearmap OBJ and FBX into Rhino. Carrie Wiley explains how to do this and how to optimize for performance. OBJ or FBX files exported from MapBrower can be imported into Rhino. Find out more about Exporting 3D from…
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Creating a Web Map with Nearmap Marketplace Item as a Basemap in ArcGIS Online
April 2020 So you want to have on demand high-resolution aerial imagery as your workstation’s basemap? Do you need all of your construction drawings and GIS data line up accurately with the Earth’s features? Placing Nearmap imagery as your basemap layer in ArcGIS online is a simple 4 step process. Let’s follow along…
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Vegetation Insights with Nearmap AI
April 2022 Trees are a vital part of the Earth’s terrestrial ecosystem and play an important role in our environment. More and more organizations are striving to build greener working and living spaces. Given this situation, many Nearmap customers want to know how to use Nearmap AI to help them achieve their goals. In this…
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Nearmap and AutoDesk Revit: Linking 3D Point Clouds into Revit and Editing with ReCap
April 2020 For Autodesk Revit users who would like to utilize Nearmap 3D as surrounding context for BIM and Revit models, we recommend using the Point Cloud content type linked into Revit. Currently, there is no workflow to import or link 3D textured mesh to Revit. There are, however, alternative workflows to combine Revit…
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Projections and Coordinate Systems and the Importance of the Coordinates
February 2020 Prepare yourself for possibly one of the most interesting and potentially most boring blog posts you have ever read! Today, we are talking about projections and coordinate systems. awar kurdish on Unsplash Now, hopefully your brain isn’t spinning yet, as this can be a very tricky and confusing topic. But…
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Visualize your Revit BIM design with Nearmap 3D
March 2020 We live in a 3D world, and everyone is curious to see how Nearmap’s large-scale content can benefit their workflows. Nearmap's Judy Chang shows you how to import Nearmap's Point Cloud or Textured Mesh into Infraworks. Since Nearmap launched 3D in June 2019, we’ve received tremendous interest from our customers…
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Nearmap and Sketchup
March 2020 Improving 3D Site Models and Project Collaboration with High Resolution Aerial Imagery & 3D Reality Mesh from Nearmap in SketchUp Pro. This blog post answers frequently asked questions on how-to import Nearmap imagery into SketchUp and provides more info on how users get value from current 2D Vertical imagery…
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Ground to Grid Conversion
January 2020 If you’re working with drawings created by a surveyor, they will be based off ground coordinates. To use these drawings alongside Nearmap imagery, you need to convert them to GIS (or grid) data. Photo by Scott Blake on Unsplash To many of our customers, their primary work flow is to bring all the data for a…