blender-osm

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blender-osm is a popular open source (GPL) addon for Blender developed by vvoovv. blender-osm provides one click download and import of OpenStreetMap and real world terrain data for Blender with global coverage. Two versions of the addon are available:

They are briefly described below.

Premium version

In addition to the features of the base version, the premium one provides:

  • Import of buildings from OpenStreetMap with default materials, tileable building textures and UV-mapping applied
  • Default materials and textures to mimic lit windows for a late evening setting
  • Import of forests and single trees as 3D objects
  • Options to use custom tileable building textures (e.g. from textures.com)
  • Satellite imagery and web maps projected on a terrain

The addon blender-osm (premium) is available at gumroad.com for $17.80. All customers will get the addon source code under GPL license. All default textures and materials supplied with addon are released under the CC0 (public license). The detailed documentation is available here.

  • The results of the work of the blender-osm (premium) addon
  • A skyscraper district in Moscow.

    A skyscraper district in Moscow.

  • A skyscraper district in Moscow with the late evening setting.

    A skyscraper district in Moscow with the late evening setting.

  • An area with wooded mountains near the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin island).

    An area with wooded mountains near the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin island).

  • A part of New York.

    A part of New York.

  • A part of Paris with the late evening setting.

    A part of Paris with the late evening setting.

  • Simple example with blender-osm premium

    Simple example with blender-osm premium

Base version

The base version of the blender-osm addon provides one click download and import of OpenStreetMap, terrain and GPX tracks for Blender. Blender-osm supports Simple 3D buildings specification to a large extent. A significant number of roof shapes is supported: flat, gabled, hipped (for a quadrangle outline only), mono-pitched, half-hipped, round, pyramidal, gambrel, dome, onion and saltbox. The addon is available at gumroad.com for free or an optional price to support the addon development. The addon source code is available under GPL license!. The detailed documentation is available here.

  • The results of the work of the blender-osm addon (the base version)
  • The original OSM file with the center of New York contained more than 100.000 buildings and had the size 350 Mb.

    The original OSM file with the center of New York contained more than 100.000 buildings and had the size 350 Mb.

  • The example with the mountains of the Yosemite National Park in the USA showcases the support of terrain import. Buildings are placed on the terrain automatically.

    The example with the mountains of the Yosemite National Park in the USA showcases the support of terrain import. Buildings are placed on the terrain automatically.

  • The example showcases the support of flat, gabled, mono-pitched, dome, onion and pyramidal roof shapes.

    The example showcases the support of flat, gabled, mono-pitched, dome, onion and pyramidal roof shapes.

  • A GPX-track imported to Blender by the blender-osm addon.

    A GPX-track imported to Blender by the blender-osm addon.

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