@stevefaeembra welcome to the fediverse! Blender mapping hashtags here are still in flux, but a few that I’ve seen/used are #BlenderMaps, #BlenderGIS, #CartoBlend, and of course my new favorite #ReliefCore. Looking forward to following your work here!

I should start calling Blender maps “reliefcore” yea or nay? https://www.pinterest.com/Excore1441/reliefcore/ #Blender #BlenderGIS #CartoBlend #cartography #maps

4. Load the shapefile into #Blender with with the #BlenderGIS
5. Have fun with the geometry and materials...

- road polygons could be converted to paths and a Bevel depth added
- building polygons could be extruded on the z-axis to give depth
- a point mesh (bars and pubs) can be used as an input to #Blender #GeometryNodes

@crees

Start with the doughnut for the basics. Here's some things to look at after:

- GIS: https://github.com/domlysz/BlenderGIS -> there are tutorials on youtube
- 3D Modelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwMTTJogurE&ab_channel=Blender
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfRsfwipq_0&ab_channel=Otto%27sLabsallthings3D%2Cgames%2Cprints%2CDIY
- More 3D modelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfxxENDRtu4&ab_channel=AnthropologyArchives

If you pop in "blender archaeology" in youtube there are a ton of routes you can take.

Gonna sprinkle some hashtags so that others can comment too: #heritage #gis #3dmodelling #blender #geospatial #dataviz #blendergis #archaeology