In Part 1,
I generate the files:
• Using QGIS to generate state outlines
• Then using OpenTopography's DEM Downloader plugin to generate a DEM(Digital Elevation Model) file.
• Then using the shapefiles in QGIS to generate a mask for the DEM
This video primarily uses QGIS; If you wanna skip this video you can just download the two files you're gonna end up with:
SVG:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i4dD...
DEM:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0pr...
and then skip to part 2: • Creating Maps in Blender using QGIS: Part 2
Final image is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1367r...