Note: If you use the data that this add-on import, you will have to give attribution accordingly. I guess most people who try this add-on will import their hometown and a major city like New York. Just think about it, any terrain in the world at your fingertips ready to be imported into Blender. Whenever you need to recreate a real world location, this add-on is useful. There are many use cases for real world map data. I have access to the premium version so I will focus on that. But that version has very limited features, yet available. There is also a free version that I recently took the liberty to update for 2.80 available in the download section here on. There are two versions available that enjoy continued development. This is the quickest way to get started and have something in Blender ASAP. Last, select "image overlay" and hit import one last time.Change to "OpenStreetmap" and "import" again.Back in Blender, hit "paste" then "import".Press "Show selection rectangle" then "Copy". Zoom in on the area you want to import.Change the import drop-down to terrain then hit select.Once installed and activated, hit "N" for the properties panel and find the "osm" tab.How to import OpenStreetMap data with Blender-OSM? You can get it here: Blender-OSM Standard and premium I also want to give you plenty of information on how the add-on works so you can dive right in and have a decent understanding from the start. I want to give you good information to decide if this is for you. I hope I qualify for the artist group, but really, I just want a 3D representation of my hometown in a couple of clicks. Are you a cartographer or Blender artist? I think both groups can enjoy Blender-OSM. Blender-OSM let's you import map data from the OpenStreetMap service directly into Blender.
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