Author here. Rayshader is an R package for mapping and 3D data visualization, and I've been working on this feature for a while now. Here are links to previous

Author here. Rayshader is an R package for mapping and 3D data visualization, and I've been working on this feature for a while now. Here are links to previous posts I've made on HN about the package: Show HN: A raytracer to shade, plot, and 3D print topographic maps in R, part 4 http://www.tylermw.com/3d-printing-rayshader/ http://www.tylermw.com/3d-printing-rayshader/ Show HN: A raytracer to shade and visualize topographic maps in R, part 3 http://www.tylermw.com/3d-maps-with-rayshader/ http://www.tylermw.com/3d-maps-with-rayshader/ Show HN: A raytracer to shade topographic maps in R, Part 2 http://www.tylermw.com/making-beautiful-maps/ http://www.tylermw.com/making-beautiful-maps/ Show HN: A raytracer to shade topographic maps in R http://tylermw.com/throwing-shade/ http://tylermw.com/throwing-shade/