3D GIS
There is a big push in the GIS world to go 3D. But this is being met with quite the resistance. The reasons I hear are that organizations don't have time, resources, the right programs, money, and the biggest reason, why? The conversion process can take a long time, but the results are incredible. The first time I was tasked with converting something to 3D, it was daunting. Nobody had done it before. There wasn't any documentation online about how to do so. Tech support was no help. First, I started with LiDar points, and pulled out trees and buildings. I spent 2 weeks learning how to change the roof types and directions, the tree heights and canopy spreads. I felt like I was building a video game (does anyone remember Half Life?). I finally got it to work. And I was proud of figuring it all out. A random engineer came to my desk to ask for a map. He saw my screen and asked "What is that?" I told him all about it. How long it took and how difficul