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podrock — 4/24/2016 10:24:20 PM (archived)

Nice! Here's what I've been playing with:

http://habitablezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/horizon-solar.jpg

Screen shot from SketchUp model to determine minimal forest clearing for maximum solar exposure at building site.

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Podrock, help - RL - 4/23/2016 8:17:43 PM
- Just found a better solution... - RL - 8/23/2016 11:11:06 PM
- Another possible addition to the toolbox - mcfly - 4/25/2016 1:42:42 AM
  - I will look into the free version... - RL - 4/26/2016 9:52:47 PM
- Opentopography - podrock - 4/24/2016 4:36:53 PM
  - Pix4D alternative? - SDG - 8/26/2016 2:30:48 PM
- You might try: - podrock - 4/24/2016 1:21:46 PM
  - Don't you use Blender? - podrock - 4/24/2016 2:00:42 PM
    - Yes, this is for blender - RL - 4/24/2016 6:39:37 PM
      - I finally got it... - RL - 4/24/2016 8:12:43 PM
        
        Excellent! - podrock - 4/24/2016 9:05:42 PM
        
        South Platte - RL - 4/24/2016 9:21:11 PM
        
        North Carolina - podrock - 4/24/2016 10:24:20 PM
        
        Cool, is that sketch up pro? - RL - 4/25/2016 12:02:40 AM
        
        Yup - podrock - 4/25/2016 12:18:11 AM
        
        If you ever want to try blender for terrain... - RL - 4/25/2016 12:28:46 AM
- A python method - podrock - 4/23/2016 10:09:51 PM
- Uhhh, - podrock - 4/23/2016 9:07:37 PM
  - I used to be able to download a tiff image - RL - 4/23/2016 9:11:42 PM
    - software - podrock - 4/23/2016 9:34:21 PM
      - Sadly - RL - 4/24/2016 5:34:06 AM
    - what scale? - podrock - 4/23/2016 9:25:05 PM
      - Not sure what you mean - RL - 4/24/2016 5:31:42 AM
        
        What I mean - podrock - 4/24/2016 1:43:07 PM

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