Do you love 3D maps, worlds & visualisations? Here are 24 world creators, mapmakers, or visuals I've come across recently. Brilliant and creative minds using many different tools! PART 1 #dataviz#GISchat#3dmaps#map#gis#3d 1/🧵
Steven Kay | @stevefaeembra creates many original and cool #3dmaps such as this great visualisation of Windturbines in the British Isles. Follow him! #Blender3D and #QGis are his tools. #SDGs#Wind#b3d 2/🧵
Maximilian Söchting | @m_soechting made this very creative 3d visualisation and map in a cube. As if that wasn't impressive enough, it is interactive! #EarthSystemDataCube 🌎 #3dmap#dataviz 4/🧵
VV | @visualizevalue creates brilliant minimalistic visuals of concepts."The map is not the territory" by Alfred Korzybski is a concept beyond cartography & reminds us that theories/models are simplifications of reality. Key in #dataviz, #stats & #3d 5/🧵
Bilawal Sidhu | @bilawalsidhu creates truly stunning 3D models and visualisations through #NeRF & #photogrammetry. This was made with only 150 pictures ! The speed of innovation here is crazy. Follow him. #Ai#ML 7/🧵
Topi Tjukanov | @tjukanov starter of the #30DayMapChallenge, combined fascinating & crowdsourced data by humanity with #Interactive and captivating visuals! It had to go viral, check it out and follow him! #Mapbox#3dmaps 8/🧵
Andrew Price | @andrewpprice aka BlenderGuru, who is the most famous blender tutor, made another fantastic tutorial for Map, Planet, GIS, Spatial, Sci-Fi fans. All #opensource#openaccess & NASA pics, free on youtube! I owe him a ton! #b3d#gis#globe 9/🧵
Helen McKenzie | @helenmakesmaps makes Awesome maps. Interactive, 3D, at events, and with detailed articles. A #GIS must-follow. Look at this cool map of London! #dataviz#transport 10/🧵
Shahzod Boyhonov | @specoolar breath-taking visual zooming into infinity in a dreamlike reality. Makes you think about the scales of the universe and the beauty of what a human mind can create. #loop#3d#animation 11/🧵
Craig Taylor | @CraigTaylorViz has mastered the art of 3d maps. Like in this fascinating animated visualisation of fishery. Follow him if you want to be impressed. #3dmaps#dataviz#gis 12/🧵
大串映二 | @e_ohkushi . I wish I could fly through worlds, images and maps. This incredible animation truly captures the dream of flying. Made in #Blender3d with #OpenstreetMapData ! Open source! #3dmap#OSM 13/🧵
celestialmaze | @cmzw_ is a #Blender3d wizard who creates wonderful visuals and even shares his tutorials at an incredible rate. This procedural island generator is candy for my brain and eyes. #B3d#Procedural 14/🧵
Steve Attewell | @steveattewell extremely clever mixed use of real photography of the view from the ISS and lens flares with an interactive 3d map made in #mapbox. We need more of this! #interactive#3dmaps#globe#ISS 16/🧵
Pavel Oliva | @Pavel_Oliva 's work is unbelievable. Check out his city generator, it is mind-blowingly detailed, procedural, modular, and delightful. It can even use #OpenStreetMap as an input. #Blender3d#b3d 18/🧵
@MathigonOrg share and explore complex concepts and ideas in a perfect, animated, interactive, and simple way. Extremely relevant in 2d and 3d, is the effect of map projections! #gischat#cartography#maps#gis 19/🧵
Miettinen Jesse | @JesseMiettinen is a #blender3d god.He creates stunning tools & visuals always pushing the limits. This jaw-dropping use of geometry nodes: a dynamic 3D animated world, cars & more. Follow him if you want your mind to be blown in 3D 20/🧵
Here is a small break to show that the real world has 3 dimensions and can look like a map. @LaffonGuillaume, a pilot shot this mesmerizing video while avoiding a storm. The world is beautiful. #3d#Flying 22/🧵
Bbbn19 | @Bbbn192 is #blender3d genius who creates amazing things & even teaches his tricks. Look at this incredible use of #gemetrynodes, you can simply draw your photorealistic 3d roads for fun, for maps, for therapy. For any 3D mind, a must-follow. 23/🧵
I hope you enjoyed this thread as much as I loved the discoveries. PART 2 is almost done... the curation of content takes time! Here is my previous thread. Just follow @Julian_h0ffmann if you like this type of content :) 25/🧵
Here is a selection of the *coolest* 3D maps and map-like worlds I've seen on Twitter in the past months. Wonderful dynamic, interactive, static, creative or artistic visuals. #Dataviz#3dMap#GIS#3D#Cartography#GISchat 1/23🧵⬇️
Thomas Kole | @ThomasKoleTA 's stunning realistic 3D model of Tenochtitlan capital of the Aztec Empire (now Mexico City) made in #blender using #geometrynodes. Stunning water, clouds & details. #b3d#CDMX
Craig Taylor | @CraigTaylorViz 's mesmerizing ship data animation of the Gulf of Mexico. Made in #Cinema4D, with pleasant colours and satisfyingly well-made animation and light reflections. As always impressive work. 3/23 #3dmaps
3D maps can look complex & difficult to make…
Here are 12 humans who proved to me that 3D is not out of reach:
Different tools, many styles... all fantastic: 1/14🧵 #dataviz#3dmaps#gis
Graig Taylor | @CraigTaylorViz: Legendary 3D maps made in #Cinema4D. Not only gorgeous maps but also perfectly animated worlds. His maps cannot be unseen. Clearly a #3dmap guru. #GIS#dataviz 2/14