[Qgis-user] Help requested - Understanding how to use GQIS to realize Unreal Engine project

[Emma Hain]

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 at 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
>
>
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