Great video, my friend. This addon is wonderful. It does take my setup A LOT longer than yours for the google 3D tile map to download and propagate in my project. I've been waiting for over a half hour now to get about 5 blocks of Washington DC with the most detailed setting. lol I can see it's using like 3gb of memory and if I open the folder I set as the temporary download folder I can see the files pop up and then go away so it is definitely doing something. Just gotta be patient. Cheers!
Hiya thank you for the video, I'm an architecture student trying to use this for a group project. Everything worked as described up until the import stage where it appears in the scene collection tab but doesnt show anything on the view screen except an orange dot on the origin when selected. Am i just being impatient and its still processing or did something go wrong?
Can you use this 3d model for commercial purpose ? As blender is free, but we are using google API. Is there any privacy policy, as we are not using cesium here.
It's a great question and I'm sure everyone's situation is different. If your business has a legal team, it would be a great question for them. Best of luck and thanks so much for reaching out.
Thanks for the tutorial! For anyone getting the 403 error: You need to enable the Google Maps Tiles in your API setting. I know you need to select it when you're setting up the whole thing but apparently that doesn't enable it.
My 3d tiles don't show up in the viewport but they do show up in the scene collection even with meshes and materials included.. But invisible 😢 how to fix that?
It worked! But I'm having some troubles with the selected areas that were completely ignored. It took some hours to export and i didnt get exactly what I've selected on browser. It was a close area, but I'm trying again cuz what I wanted didnt come. Anyways, thank you! I'll keep trying from here!
Unable to process the root URI of the 3D Tiles: HTTP Error 404: Not Found What does this mean and how do I fix this? I followed everything step by step. I am using blender 4.1
yea got the same problem I am using Blender 4.0.2 I have also taken the advice of the add on maker to see the FAQ but it goes round and round no solution yet.
It's not working, those google page are very confusing.Even i after randomly went into pages and thanks god,i got an api key, i got it in blender, tried to import a 3d map but it's not visible in the scene even i set the clip view to maximum.Maybe its not working anymore ? I mean,the objects appear in the collection,but nothing in the scene. EDIT: Finnaly,it's working, i was using an older v ersion of Blender. Now i also started to understand that console google cloud website. Thank you very much for the tutorial.
Google 3d tiles will not import into blender via Blosm. I keep getting an error message: Unable to process the root URI of the 3D Tiles: HTTP Error 400 :Bad Request. how can i fix this? Thank you
Thanks for reaching out with this error. I did some investigation and hopefully the following steps will resolve the issue: In Blender, navigate to Scripting at the top menu, A View Console window should appear. Paste the following "C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False", then press ENTER Apparently there are some changes with Google that's causing these errors. Please refer to this link for more info on this error - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/443 Please let me know if this resolves the issue?
@@gissolutions4604 Follow the steps but unfortunatelly still get the message (might be something wrong on the scripting part, never used that) I opened the Python console, pasted C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False hit enter and nothing happened, not sure if I was expecting a message or something, after that tried again and still get the error
Great Addon! I am loving it. But I am trying to make it react to light, so I could set it to day, night, dusk... Do you know how to render it in a fashion that makes the map react to light?
when i paste areas on the map into blender it doesn't show up if i use google 3d tiles (but it does show content from open street map which has WAYY less detail). Solutions?
This is very good and useful but I can't seem to export the mesh with textures? When I managed to do this the RenderDoc route textures were there but this way I can't export them outside of Blender it seems?
Thank you, I find your explanations very clear, but I can't manage to extract the textures either. The interface on my version of Blender (4.1) is a bit different and I think I've checked ‘render’ in the export settings, I can see the materials in Blender, but none of my FBX or DAE exports contain textures, I've checked with Twinmotion and skethup. thanks for your help
Google Cloud offers a recurring monthly credit of $200 for the use of the Google Maps platform, which can be applied to the Map Tiles API. If your usage exceeds this credit, you would be charged according to the excess fees. The specific rates may vary based on several factors, including the type of tile requested (for example, base tiles, styled tiles, dynamic tiles) and the volume of usage.@@gissolutions4604
Hi, good day! I have generated API Keys, enabled and pasted them in addon perferences. But when click Import "A Google 3D Tiles Key isn't set in the addon preferences." Could you please tell me how to solve this problem. Thank you!
Hello, I am trying to export this to 3ds max, but it is exporting only the geometry, I am doing the right settings to export embedded textures also, but it is not and I can`t find those textures physically on the pc also. Any idea how I can convert the materials? Is it streamed textures also?
Although I've set the directory and have restarted the blender. I keep having an error that there was an error when processing the URI and No such file or directory. I tried to do with new API too.
FYI: Google pricing. Never got a clear answer from Google. it is all very vague. However, be aware, after your trial expires, each google 3D tile will cost you $16. (i'm guessing each tile is approx 100m x 100m).
I don't think that's right, it only cost $6-7 per 1K of 3D tiles. Plus it seems you get $200 google map credit per month on a verified account. I'm looking at the billing, it seems to cost virtually nothing post trial...
Hi, sadly ive done all the steps and my API Key still seems not to be registering for blosm! The imported 3d is still blank! I would appreciate if you knew how to solve this. Thanks
I'm sorry your having issues and haven't personally come across this one. I've attached a link to what I think you're describing...hopefully this thread will help?? github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/351
Thanks for reaching out. I'm not familiar, but check out this link, hopefully it should provide some insight on exporting textures - blender.stackexchange.com/questions/47915/when-i-save-something-as-an-obj-file-the-texture-does-not-save-with-it-why/47950#47950
sir i did everything as u said but after Google 3D Tiles and Biuldings with More Details im getting flat surface with texture no building models plz help me out
Most likely your area of interest doesn't have 3D buildings. Refer to the documentation page "Import of Google 3D Cities" (the section "Introduction" there) on how to see the areas with the 3D buildings
Unfortunately 3D data area not available for Turkey. Refer to the documentation page "Import of Google 3D Cities" (the section "Introduction" there) on how to see the areas with the 3D buildings.
Thanks for reaching out with this error. I did some investigation and hopefully the following steps will resolve the issue: In Blender, navigate to Scripting at the top menu, A View Console window should appear. Paste the following "C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False", then press ENTER Apparently there are some changes with Google that's causing these errors. Please refer to this link for more info on this error - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/443 Please let me know if this resolves the issue?
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like you gave it plenty of time to process. Just verifying that you Enabled the API key and didn't receive the error as described at the 5:00 minute mark?
Thanks for reaching out with this error. I did some investigation and hopefully the following steps will resolve the issue: In Blender, navigate to Scripting at the top menu, A View Console window should appear. Paste the following "C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False", then press ENTER Apparently there are some changes with Google that's causing these errors. Please refer to this link for more info on this error - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/443 Please let me know if this resolves the issue?
Hi, didnt work for me, it keeps saying that No 3D tiles were imported. and it is an error that I can see in a system console. I can not see any errors and I enabled Map Tiles API. What else can go wrong?
Finally someone who explained all preparation steps in a clear manner. The most others just shows the final import steps. Thank you for this!
Thanks so much for the feedback and glad it helped!
@ChristophWerner Totally agree.
This is the best video I have seen on TH-cam for making 3d models using Google data!!! You clearly explained all of the steps. Props to you!
Much appreciated, thanks for the feedback!
So pleased to have found this direct route - that just works! Thanks.
you the only guy that explained all preparation extremely clearly, thank you so much, you earned a sub
Much appreciated and thanks for the feedback!
How do you get the API key into the Google 3D tiles box in the blender addons in preferences cant get it in
Great video, my friend. This addon is wonderful. It does take my setup A LOT longer than yours for the google 3D tile map to download and propagate in my project. I've been waiting for over a half hour now to get about 5 blocks of Washington DC with the most detailed setting. lol I can see it's using like 3gb of memory and if I open the folder I set as the temporary download folder I can see the files pop up and then go away so it is definitely doing something. Just gotta be patient. Cheers!
Appreciate the feedback and yes, I can see that area around DC taking up quite a bit of memory!
Hiya thank you for the video, I'm an architecture student trying to use this for a group project. Everything worked as described up until the import stage where it appears in the scene collection tab but doesnt show anything on the view screen except an orange dot on the origin when selected. Am i just being impatient and its still processing or did something go wrong?
At 7:37 into the video you said "let's go and click over here" which brought up a full color view of the imported selection. What is "over here"?
Found it! Viewport Shading!
the real definition of "i have 75 alternative accounts"
Thank you for a very clear and helpful tutorial! Blosm is a great tool and I am glad to add it to my workflow, thanks!
Thanks so much for the feedback and glad it worked for you!
Is there a possibility that I could do this without Google API Key. Im having trouble getting pass the billing stage.
Not if you want data from google
@@hello-qq7fh yep and also if I use other API its not the same luckily found an alternative instead. th-cam.com/video/7YRusnTWXjw/w-d-xo.html
the google 3D tiles on blender isnt openning after putting the key in (6:02 in the video ) i enabled it so im not to sure what the problem is
Make sure all instances of Chrome are closed and try again.
Fantastic walk through.
Much thanks and lots of flowers.
I appreciate the feedback and kind words!
Hello is this free to use commercially within a graphic design project for my Job?
I'm curious too
I'm not entirely sure...probably best to direct the question to someone who has more legal expertise.
Can you use this 3d model for commercial purpose ? As blender is free, but we are using google API. Is there any privacy policy, as we are not using cesium here.
It's a great question and I'm sure everyone's situation is different. If your business has a legal team, it would be a great question for them. Best of luck and thanks so much for reaching out.
Thanks for the tutorial! For anyone getting the 403 error: You need to enable the Google Maps Tiles in your API setting. I know you need to select it when you're setting up the whole thing but apparently that doesn't enable it.
Appreciate the feedback and heads up on the 403 error!
May you make a tutorial for Blender v4.3.0, please?
Thanks so much for reaching out and the suggestion.
i got it to work thanks! but the model isnt showing up in my render, just in my viewport, anyone know why?
Appreciate the feedback...are you still having the issue?
any advice for when it says "Unable to process the root URI of the 3D tiles: HTTP error 403: Forbidden" when trying to import the 3D Tiles
same problem
@@keremayan452any fix
A Google 3D Tiles Key isn't set in the addon preferences" how to get it
awesome concise and straight to the point
Appreciate the feedback!
My 3d tiles don't show up in the viewport but they do show up in the scene collection even with meshes and materials included.. But invisible 😢 how to fix that?
same thing happened to me but try this. try using the roller on the mouse and zoom out i did and all of the sudden there it was
It worked! But I'm having some troubles with the selected areas that were completely ignored.
It took some hours to export and i didnt get exactly what I've selected on browser. It was a close area, but I'm trying again cuz what I wanted didnt come.
Anyways, thank you! I'll keep trying from here!
Unable to process the root URI of the 3D Tiles: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
What does this mean and how do I fix this? I followed everything step by step. I am using blender 4.1
yea got the same problem I am using Blender 4.0.2 I have also taken the advice of the add on maker to see the FAQ but it goes round and round no solution yet.
will i get charged by google? how long does the free trial last?
It's not working, those google page are very confusing.Even i after randomly went into pages and thanks god,i got an api key, i got it in blender, tried to import a 3d map but it's not visible in the scene even i set the clip view to maximum.Maybe its not working anymore ? I mean,the objects appear in the collection,but nothing in the scene.
EDIT: Finnaly,it's working, i was using an older v ersion of Blender. Now i also started to understand that console google cloud website. Thank you very much for the tutorial.
I appreciate the Update and the feedback!
Google 3d tiles will not import into blender via Blosm. I keep getting an error message: Unable to process the root URI of the 3D Tiles: HTTP Error 400 :Bad Request. how can i fix this? Thank you
Thanks for reaching out with this error. I did some investigation and hopefully the following steps will resolve the issue:
In Blender, navigate to Scripting at the top menu,
A View Console window should appear.
Paste the following "C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False", then press ENTER
Apparently there are some changes with Google that's causing these errors. Please refer to this link for more info on this error - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/443
Please let me know if this resolves the issue?
@@gissolutions4604 Follow the steps but unfortunatelly still get the message (might be something wrong on the scripting part, never used that)
I opened the Python console, pasted C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False hit enter and nothing happened, not sure if I was expecting a message or something, after that tried again and still get the error
Great Addon! I am loving it. But I am trying to make it react to light, so I could set it to day, night, dusk... Do you know how to render it in a fashion that makes the map react to light?
Thanks so much for the feedback and questions. I haven't tried to react with light, but sounds like a great idea!
How would I now get this into unity? Exporting as FBX doesn't work
Did u found out?
Nope
Great video! I appreciate the concise instruction. Thank you!
Appreciate the feedback!
when i paste areas on the map into blender it doesn't show up if i use google 3d tiles (but it does show content from open street map which has WAYY less detail). Solutions?
so its not possible without a CreditCard?
Thanks you for the feedback on this.
Thanks for your feedback on this.
This is very good and useful but I can't seem to export the mesh with textures? When I managed to do this the RenderDoc route textures were there but this way I can't export them outside of Blender it seems?
I've managed to get textures working by unpacking all 70 used textures manually but that's not ideal, hopefully there is a better way.
Thanks so much for the feedback and so glad you found a solution.
How to create something usable out of this because the end result graphics are not great when you zoom in? Otherwise great tutorial!
Appreciate the feedback
Make sure you change the settings to "buildings with details" in the LOD drop down.
That’s so useful and helps me a lot. Thank you!
I'm so glad and thanks so much for the feedback!
I followed correctly and this message appeared when importing.
UNABLE TO PROCESS 3D TILES ROOT URI: HTTP Error 400: Incorrect request
Same here, did you find a solution?
Hey all i am getting is a 2D plane of the landscape kindly help. Thank you
check google maps itself, some areas dont even have 3d world info in maps. So might not be able to import if there isnt 3d to import.
This very helpful! Can we use the model in opengl with texture?
Thanks for reaching out and providing feedback. I'm not familiar with opengl...hopefully you can find an answer to this question.
Thanks man, absolute legend!
Appreciate the feedback! :)
Does this plugin work for relief?
can this be done in blender 4.1
yes,it works
How granular can this get? Can you go up to a door step with good resolution?
Don't know...haven't tried. Let me know if you do!
like google map
After we imported the cities, the building and tress mesh appeared to be disorderly and Brocken. is there any way for us to fix that ?
Perhaps try a smaller extent or even try the process again? I've found that re-running the process gives me slightly different results.
Thank you, I find your explanations very clear, but I can't manage to extract the textures either. The interface on my version of Blender (4.1) is a bit different and I think I've checked ‘render’ in the export settings, I can see the materials in Blender, but none of my FBX or DAE exports contain textures, I've checked with Twinmotion and skethup.
thanks for your help
the only way for me to export correctly is to use the GLB format (glTF)...
Im getting an error when trying to import the paste in blender saying unable to import 3d URI, Error 404: Forbidden
It started working it was an error with my API code
Thanks so much for the update.
how to solve error : unable to process the root URI of the 3d tiles???
Fr like I activated the map tiles api
Open the Python Console:
Paste the line below and press Enter:
C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False
Thanks for the tutorial, great stuff!
Thanks so much for the feedback, so glad it was helpful!
great explanation! thank you
Appreciate the feedback, so glad it was helpful!
All works as discribed. thank you very much!
Thanks so much for the feedback and glad you were successful!
Would I be able to use this in a commercial for a company, license wise?
Read "Map Tiles API Policies". It can be used for visualization purposes with some conditions.
@@prochitecture thanks I’ll do:)
How do I keep from getting charged money after the 90 days?
After those 90 days you will get a free $200 credit from Google Maps Platform each month.
Great question! If you find out, please let me know!
@@gissolutions4604 apparently they won’t charge you anything unless you manually upgrade from the free features
Google Cloud offers a recurring monthly credit of $200 for the use of the Google Maps platform, which can be applied to the Map Tiles API. If your usage exceeds this credit, you would be charged according to the excess fees. The specific rates may vary based on several factors, including the type of tile requested (for example, base tiles, styled tiles, dynamic tiles) and the volume of usage.@@gissolutions4604
Hi, good day! I have generated API Keys, enabled and pasted them in addon perferences. But when click Import "A Google 3D Tiles Key isn't set in the addon preferences." Could you please tell me how to solve this problem. Thank you!
Hola amigo, debes activar (Map tiles Api)
ever found a solution to this? cuz i enabled the key but still nothing?
Hello, I am trying to export this to 3ds max, but it is exporting only the geometry, I am doing the right settings to export embedded textures also, but it is not and I can`t find those textures physically on the pc also. Any idea how I can convert the materials? Is it streamed textures also?
I'm having the same problem. Were you able to find a solution?
i enabled the map tiles API and it’s still giving me that error
Although I've set the directory and have restarted the blender. I keep having an error that there was an error when processing the URI and No such file or directory. I tried to do with new API too.
just set up the directory to where you want the data to be downloaded, check that in the add on configuration
FYI: Google pricing. Never got a clear answer from Google. it is all very vague. However, be aware, after your trial expires, each google 3D tile will cost you $16. (i'm guessing each tile is approx 100m x 100m).
Appreciate the feedback on this!
I don't think that's right, it only cost $6-7 per 1K of 3D tiles. Plus it seems you get $200 google map credit per month on a verified account. I'm looking at the billing, it seems to cost virtually nothing post trial...
Hi, sadly ive done all the steps and my API Key still seems not to be registering for blosm! The imported 3d is still blank! I would appreciate if you knew how to solve this. Thanks
I'm sorry your having issues and haven't personally come across this one. I've attached a link to what I think you're describing...hopefully this thread will help?? github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/351
Will there be a charge after 90 days?
Not sure, but please let me know if you do!
HELP! Everything works amazing BUT i can not export textures into FBX or OBJ file. Thank you!
Thanks for reaching out. I'm not familiar, but check out this link, hopefully it should provide some insight on exporting textures - blender.stackexchange.com/questions/47915/when-i-save-something-as-an-obj-file-the-texture-does-not-save-with-it-why/47950#47950
what if the city I'm living is not have the 3d view what can i do
Thanks for reaching out...unfortunately there's not much that can done other than using another area that has the 3D view.
No 3D tiles were imported. 1 errors occured during the import. See the System Console.
what is the problem?
Have you tried closing down all programs and trying the process again?
sir i did everything as u said but after Google 3D Tiles and Biuldings with More Details im getting flat surface with texture no building models plz help me out
Not exactly sure what's going on....did you try the process again in perhaps a different area?
@@gissolutions4604 yes it worked in other countries but not in India any solutions?
Most likely your area of interest doesn't have 3D buildings. Refer to the documentation page "Import of Google 3D Cities" (the section "Introduction" there) on how to see the areas with the 3D buildings
Can someone help me it says "A valid directory for data in the addon preferences isn't set
2:16
when i try to select an go to the map, when i click on Show selection rectangle nothing happens
Were you able to find a solution to this problem?
Can this plugin be used in China？
Not sure, why don't you give it a try and let us know!
Thank you! Just in time!
Is API free?
can you render the entire world?
would be cool if you could!
Hey, I use this for Turkey, I do not get 3D. Its all 2D. I do not know why this happens?
I've heard instances like this where certain regions do not get 3D...sorry it's unavailable for you!
Unfortunately 3D data area not available for Turkey. Refer to the documentation page "Import of Google 3D Cities" (the section "Introduction" there) on how to see the areas with the 3D buildings.
Hello i get, A valid directory for data in the addon preferences isn't set problem
did you find a solution to this?
When I import my map they show errors why this happened
Could you please elaborate on the error you're receiving?
How do you fix: Unable to process the root URI of the 3D Tiles: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Thanks for reaching out with this error. I did some investigation and hopefully the following steps will resolve the issue:
In Blender, navigate to Scripting at the top menu,
A View Console window should appear.
Paste the following "C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False", then press ENTER
Apparently there are some changes with Google that's causing these errors. Please refer to this link for more info on this error - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/443
Please let me know if this resolves the issue?
@@gissolutions4604 sadly it does not
Do you have to enter billing info
Yes, you have to enter the billing info in order to proceed.
Doesn't work. 'BlenderApp' object has no attribute 'init3dTiles'
See if the instructions here helps you - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/365
Thanks, this is very useful.
Glad it was helpful!
1st And dem was i looking for this thanks. UwU
I am using Blender 3.5 but it doesnt work , even if I select a small area this just freezed up without any result for about 1 hour
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like you gave it plenty of time to process. Just verifying that you Enabled the API key and didn't receive the error as described at the 5:00 minute mark?
Try importing a small area with the lowest level of detail to check that it works for you.
it works , thanks!
Awesome, thanks for letting me know!
3d tile gave me an 403 forbidden error...
Thanks for reaching out with this error. I did some investigation and hopefully the following steps will resolve the issue:
In Blender, navigate to Scripting at the top menu,
A View Console window should appear.
Paste the following "C.scene.blosm.cacheJsonFiles = False", then press ENTER
Apparently there are some changes with Google that's causing these errors. Please refer to this link for more info on this error - github.com/vvoovv/blosm/issues/443
Please let me know if this resolves the issue?
Thank you!
Absolutely, so glad it was helpful!
Thank you
You're welcome, thanks for the feedback!
it says i need a credit card
thanks
You're welcome, thanks for the feedback!
the textures were not imported
never mind i got it thanks
So glad you've got it figured out!
please help me, how to export dae files with texture@@jonniebrasco68
I dontaed 1 thousand for dudes contribution to society
Hahaha, appreciate it my friend!
2024 worked
Fantastic, glad it worked for you and thanks for the feedback!
error 403......m.....
Thanks for the feedback, could you please provide some additional information about where and when this error occurred?
You should warn that it is free just for a limited pediod of time.
Appreciate the feedback. Could you please provide a source that explains this?
API Key 200$ lol...wtf Google !
Once, or per year/ month??
Isn’t 200$ a credit they give?
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Hi, didnt work for me, it keeps saying that No 3D tiles were imported. and it is an error that I can see in a system console. I can not see any errors and I enabled Map Tiles API. What else can go wrong?
i also have this problem.... here to see if anyone can help/
it says "unable to process the root URL of the 3d tiles"