get more realistic landscape for 3D ArcGIS WebScene

AndresCastillo — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:37:17 GMT

Hi,

In my webscene, I am using the default Esri elevation layer:

WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D (ImageServer)

Although the terrain does show variation in the land surface, trees and Buildings remain flat, as shown in the picture

I'd like to have at least the trees/bushes be more realistic without having to manually create multiple 3D features (which would be very impractical for showing scenes word-wide) in a Globe Scene to represent realistic terrain.

Also, I am using Portal for ArcGIS WebScenes, and I don't see a way to exaggerate the ground layer.

Is there imagery, or world-wide 3D data available to accomplish what I want?

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Re: get more realistic landscape for 3D ArcGIS WebScene

JacobHelfman1 — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:19:55 GMT

Andres Castillo For the terrain, I would consider draping the raster over an elevation dataset (Defining data as a draped layer in ArcScene—Help | ArcGIS Desktop , Define height characteristics for layers—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation). And for the 3d objects, I would consider ArcGIS Pro's preset layers (Preset layers—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation) or for the architecture, I would try using Esri's CityEngine software, which utilizes rule packages to automatically generate buildings are a macroscale (CGA modeling overview—Help | Documentation). Another option for other objects like vehicles or miscellaneous structures could be importing them from other 3D software like SketchUp (3D Warehouse ) or Autodesk (https://gallery.autodesk.com/ ). Fortunately, different 3D formats are cross-platform compatible, but my experience is mostly limited to importing using Collada and Multipatch files into ArcGIS Pro.

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