Easy CITIES IN BLENDER - Using the OSM Add-On! 

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about this add-on in the comments below! :)

thanks for the review and brief tutorial, you're my go to add-on review guy these days! :D

Man, this makes the process of creating a city so easy it's almost cheating! Amazing stuff, thanks a lot!

Super straight forward and better than any other video I could find on the subject!! Thanks for helping out people that are lost ( I was the lost person)

WOW!!! man this was sooo awesome!!!!

I just tried this out and it works great, thanks!!!

I like your videos. They really help me

I just like the way you start 🔥🔥😀

Thank you so much for this video. It is so helpful 👌👌

Great video, never knew this add on existed

Thanks for the tutorial

Many thanks for this...

Fantastic. Nothing else.

you're the best Justin!

Great Video! was wondering how long it usually takes your machine to think its way through the import step? Mine seems to lag out, even tried letting it go for a few hours with no luck.

Pretty good solution, for that I did more humbly last years.

This is great! I learned how to combine this with Buildify and seeing what kinds of variations and realism I can add. Are there similar alternatives to Buildify for different types of buildings, maybe some thing sci-fi?

THIS IS SO COOOOOL

Hi, am I able to export these models and use them for asseto corsa (racing game) I know people have done it using blender, this looks like it would be the easiest method, as already does the roads. Really good video cheers for the detailed guide, if you think this is something possible would love to see it.

I've been using osm for a while, but have never explored importing trees, etc. There are a couple (at least) of other ways to do this which yield similar but different results. GIS is sort of a simpler free version and using RenderDoc brings in a 3D map that can be edited if you have the time since it provides MANY vertexes and faces. I've used all three and have found that the RenderDoc method provides actual buildings, terrains, etc. but takes some editing to ensure the scene provides the detail you need for your camera view. Thanks for the tut.

I have a problem, i am not able to copy the mapbox address in mapbox access to......Seems as the paste option is missing.........

Thank you!!!! I've noticed that virtually none of the residential structures in my streetmap rectangle came up when I imported buildings. There were only a few structures which looked like they were maybe business/school buildings. Do you know why this might be? I only have the basic version. Is there an edit I can make that may include them where they have been excluded? Could the premium version include data sets for more of these basic structures?

Hi, possible buildings with a basis to make a solid body? And print with a 3d printer?

Thank you. Please you have any tutorials for video editing

I'm having a problem with the roads. It shows me only the paths but not the widths of the roads that I really need for my project. So, how is it possible to enable the widths of the roads? Please help me! Thank you in advance 💜

so im having a problem when I try to upload the first imageoverlay (roughly around the 6-7 minute marker in the video). as soon as the import finishes all I get is a giant gray plane, no satellite image whatsoever. all of my settings are set to what is in the video AND im using the premium osm. any explanation? the town itself im trying to import is Johnstown, PA, though not sure if that has anything to do with it.

is there a way to add depth to the highways Lol im doing the allegiant stadium.

Once I get my map onto blender with the osm add on would I export? to ue5 as any other assest?

how I can add defined objects with defined coordinates after making a scene using OSM?

So my experience with this after checking this video : i have signed up to map box to have my token and i used the free version off the plugin. So 2d resolution map is really bad quality compared to a google custom map "to print". The 3d building are not really accurate but you got general shap to begin with for some who are complex. Then i imported the generated scene with terrain on my current blender file based on google map 3d extraction + 2d "printed" high res ( 2K ) and it aligned well. i got like 1 metter "error" from a distance of 560m. So to finish my level i think i gonna use both tools because the only real pain to deal with is building and maibe road. For height i gonna stick to google because it's more accurate even at long distance. And i still can make another catch to have some low distance or make real mesurement in real life like staircase to match. About buildings, i isolate one of them and resize a tiny bit according to google 2d high res map and rotate it, clean it a bit. Then i only isolate the floor and use the building tool to make floors and basics windows. So for my next project or someone who want to start from scratch and have super accurate things : Use this plugin for the road and buildings and to have a base terrain. Then import google map 2d satelitte high res for details and the 3d one to have a better terrain height. You can also for close detail use very localised 3d google map, it's very high res. And with the snaping and origin stuff it's super easy to align all of that in blender.

I'm curious how it would import trees. Would they be instances of one object to keep model size small? Would they contain information about real tree size?

What should I do when I try to download a map in image owerlay mode, then I have a regular block for the satellite map place?

Can I import at any size or does it have a limit?

What if the country/city does not have 3d buildings available. I mean here in the Philippines when I used Google Earth Pro or Maps 3d building is not showing also building are not yet updated when viewing 2d view but when viewing street view buildings are there and updates. thanks

I am thinking this might help me to put in Unreal Engine to make the city building easier. I don't like the look of this but if i can import this to UE 4 than i can make my city on top of this. .

Hi there, quick question. How would I bring the textures into UE4?

I had this (premium version)working with Blender 2.8 but for whatever reason, I can only install the free version in 2.9... not sure why.

if your map isnt uploading you should change within the Blosm settings your overlay from ArcSiS Satellite to Mapbox Satellite

hi, will i be charged by mapbox for using their token?

i have alrd paid and installed the add-on. however, im still only seeing the one with the basic set up, i know so cuz im not seeing the 3D realistic from the opsntreetmap

Quick question: I used the free version to download a town that is very well mapped in Google Earth. Buildings, structures - the whole data is there. Yet the downloaded version looks nothing like real thing. Buildings are missing and the overall height of the structures are totally wrong. Is this because of the free version and would the paid version get it done better? B/c it's all there in 3D in Google Earth....

Yooo bro when I put the image overlay it’s just a grey tile still do u know why?

How do I copy the matchbox token over?

I have an issue with roads. They look like there lines even tough I convert them to mesh. And when I export roads to STL, it is a blank file. Can you help me with this?

Blender osm is awesome! btw its possible to import a cityplan or houseplan autocad dwg and extrude/push pull it? or do we need to redraw the lines?

And what about texturing roads etc...

can't get mapbox access key passed in. please help

when I click import, it downloads but my map is a solid surface. what should I do?

Having serious issues on Terrain elevation it doesn't look as in real life, keen to start a convo

When i put in my access token in blender preferences I then go to the OSM tab and click select but nothing pops up can anyone help me?

Hello, having trouble installing OSM into Blender. It won't come up in my search area. I have installed it onto my computer but then nothing is getting found in the search. I'm using a MacBook pro & safari, could that be my issue? If anyone is able to help asap that would be greatly appreciated!

Is it possible to import this to unity ?

Why the satellite texture is always not displayed

Im just getting a grey plane when I do any image overlay

I get an error message when try to import: “The directory for data in the Addon preferences doesn’t exist. What to do?

will this work in 3.0 ?

Why do only some buildings load in for me?

can you help when i pasted the terrain it just puts me in a blank grey space no flat city

How do i download the free version i clicked on the link and it takes me to a page that has butten that Says PAY

I am using the paid version (today. 7/07/2020). But I cannot get any image overlay (with materials). The result given is always cubes. I copied the coordinates of "democracy monument Bangkok". Please help...

really a cool tool but a sad surprise that the heights of the buildings are completely off and random. Hoped it will get some data from google earth or something like that. That would had been awesome

can i scale down the map?

So basically when I click import it doesn't import anything

when i import the building, the textures dont appear.

not working it wont sign in and keep sending an email but tnx any way

So how do I delete the default block

9:39 this is premium?

Bookmarking road to mesh point at 12:27

I don't have a creditcard which you apparently need for mapbox token :(

FREE VERSION: Has just "3D" (no Simple/Realistic option. I assume it's simple) . Import: Buildings; water objects; forests; other vegetation; roads and paths; railways. No "percentage of lit windows". Pretty basic but beats the hell out of doing everything manually.

When I set the length to miles, it's still clipping

How come your default geometry is a doggy?

Premium version is the way to go friends. 👍

so i figured out. it doesnt populate residential areas. it just leaves them flat instead of doing buildings

when you dont have billing details

Mapbox is NoT free

It's free ?

0:00 bro got punched?

my shitty uk city is not supported

Send me the premium version add-on

Hello, Thanks for the tutorial ! I chose 2D import in OSM to keep the walls I modeled. But when I export the map to Unity, only the ground and the roof appear without the textures... Do you have a solution please ? drive.google.com/drive/folders/16OclEBsW15g9G1Z5q3qbDgGNEKc4LgXn?usp=sharing