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Re:Melown – 3D mapping implementation in JS, smooth and silent by kozikow on Friday February 03, 2017 @10:11PM (#13565423)
> Unfortunately, the limiting factor for most projects isn't the JS library, but it's the availability of high-resolution DEMs (digital elevation models). These won't become widely available until we do something about the price of lidar.

You can cheaply generate approximate DEM from drone imagery. E.g. DroneDreploy.

Re:Melown – 3D mapping implementation in JS, smooth and silent by shawn-butler on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:08PM (#13585201)
How approximate?