Tile three-dimensional mapping tool

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions configured to cause a device to:

• display a two-dimensional region of a map on a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the two-dimensional region of the map is displayed along a longitudinal axis and a latitudinal axis;
• obtain, through the GUI, a first input from a user device, the first input comprising an indication of a selected sub-region of the two-dimensional region of the map, wherein the selected sub-region comprises a plurality of pixels having longitudinal coordinates bounded by a first longitude coordinate and a second longitude coordinate along the longitudinal axis and latitudinal coordinates bounded by a first latitude coordinate and a second latitude coordinate along the latitudinal axis;
• obtain, from a first data source, elevation coordinates along a lateral axis corresponding to the longitudinal coordinates and the latitudinal coordinates for each of the plurality of pixels;
• generate a three-dimensional mesh of the selected sub-region, wherein the three-dimensional mesh comprises a plurality of vertices corresponding to the elevation coordinates, the longitudinal coordinates, and the latitudinal coordinates of the plurality of pixels and a plurality of edges connecting the vertices;
• generate a first mesh along a first edge of the three-dimensional mesh having a boundary at a predetermined elevation coordinate, wherein the first edge corresponds to a first set of pixels having the first longitudinal coordinate bounded by the first latitudinal coordinate and the second latitudinal coordinate;
• generate a second mesh along a second edge of the three-dimensional mesh having a boundary at the predetermined elevation coordinate, wherein the second edge corresponds to a second set of pixels having the second longitudinal coordinate bounded by the first latitudinal coordinate and the second latitudinal coordinate;
• and
• display the three-dimensional mesh on the GUI.

A system for generating a three-dimensional map, the system comprising:

• a display device configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI);
• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable memory coupled to the processor, wherein the system is configured to:
• display a two-dimensional region of a map on the GUI, wherein the two-dimensional region of the map is displayed along a longitudinal axis and a latitudinal axis;
• obtain, through the GUI, a first input from a user device, the first input comprising an indication of a selected sub-region of the two-dimensional region of the map, wherein the selected sub-region comprises a plurality of pixels having longitudinal coordinates bounded by a first longitude coordinate and a second longitude coordinate along the longitudinal axis and latitudinal coordinates bounded by a first latitude coordinate and a second latitude coordinate along the latitudinal axis;
• obtain, from a first data source, elevation coordinates along a lateral axis corresponding to the longitudinal coordinates and the latitudinal coordinates for each of the plurality of pixels;
• generate a three-dimensional mesh of the selected sub-region, wherein the three-dimensional mesh comprises a plurality of vertices corresponding to the elevation coordinates, the longitudinal coordinates, and the latitudinal coordinates of the plurality of pixels and a plurality of edges connecting the vertices;
• generate a first mesh along a first edge of the three-dimensional mesh having a boundary at a predetermined elevation coordinate, wherein the first edge corresponds to a first set of pixels having the first longitudinal coordinate bounded by the first latitudinal coordinate and the second latitudinal coordinate;
• generate a second mesh along a second edge of the three-dimensional mesh having a boundary at the predetermined elevation coordinate, wherein the second edge corresponds to a second set of pixels having the second longitudinal coordinate bounded by the first latitudinal coordinate and the second latitudinal coordinate;
• and
• display the three-dimensional mesh on the GUI.