• ⛓️‍💥@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    We probably don’t have data for elevation at the resolution needed to generate a smooth mesh rather than towers. You could artificially smooth it out but that would be a less honest representation of the data.

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      23 hours ago

      You also have to consider computational resources for rendering it. The more detail you include, the more expensive it is.

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      1 day ago

      We have data at 5m resolution for free, or better. Source: am geoscientist