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Re: LIDAR images

Author: FUD

Date: 06-11-2021 - 16:29

If you want to dive deeply into this stuff (as train simulator route developers sometimes do) you probably will need to get familiar with GIS software. Two that I know of, that are full-featured enough to do the job without going full-on corporate, are:

Q-GIS (free, open source, very hard to learn but truly full-featured): [www.qgis.org]
Canvas GFX, Canvas (year) GIS version (very corporate, and expensive, but still much less than something like ArcGIS; also quite easy to use if you ever were exposed to Mac graphics programs, even though it runs on Windows; also, they will probably refuse (at first) to sell a copy - they're into subscription with a vengeance now): [www.canvasgfx.com]

If you have the time and money to go truly professional, there's ArcGIS. Truly subscription (rental)-only, like Adobe now. [www.arcgis.com]

There are some other things out there, too. Browsing the route developer sections of forums at places like [www.trainsim.com] might be informative.

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FUD Wrote:
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> If you want to dive deeply into this stuff (as
> train simulator route developers sometimes do) you
> probably will need to get familiar with GIS
> software. Two that I know of, that are
> full-featured enough to do the job without going
> full-on corporate, are:
> 
> Q-GIS (free, open source, very hard to learn but
> truly full-featured):
> https://www.qgis.org/en/site/
> Canvas GFX, Canvas (year) GIS version (very
> corporate, and expensive, but still much less than
> something like ArcGIS; also quite easy to use if
> you ever were exposed to Mac graphics programs,
> even though it runs on Windows; also, they will
> probably refuse (at first) to sell a copy -
> they're into subscription with a vengeance now):
> https://www.canvasgfx.com/en/products/canvas-x-geo
> /
> 
> If you have the time and money to go truly
> professional, there's ArcGIS. Truly subscription
> (rental)-only, like Adobe now.
> https://www.arcgis.com/index.html
> 
> There are some other things out there, too.
> Browsing the route developer sections of forums at
> places like https://www.trainsim.com might be
> informative.

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