Christopher Hebert

It has come to our attention that changes to Mapbox prevent SideFX from being able to continue support for the SideFX Labs Mapbox tool.

As a result, we have removed this tool from SideFX Labs from all Houdini builds going forward. As mentioned in the documentation for this Labs tool, users of it are responsible for following Mapbox's terms of use.

We do not currently have an alternative to the Labs Mapbox tool, but we will continue to explore and develop workflows in this area that meet the requirements of the Houdini community.

For customers looking for terrain and elevation maps, here are some links to data with usage rights that may suit your needs: https://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/#elevation [freegisdata.rtwilson.com]
https://www.opendem.info/ [www.opendem.info]

Today's BYOC will focus on APEX - joining us will be Edward Lam (SideFX R&D character team lead)...

Nov 13 @ 12 pm EST

REGISTRATION: https://sidefx.co/houdini-byoc-register [sidefx.co]
SCHEDULE: https://sidefx.co/byoc-schedule [sidefx.co]

Hey there, we won't have a HIVE at this year's SA, but we're hosting a presentation at UTS (Isaac Turier from Rising Sun Pictures) and a social at a bar nearby. More details on both of those later this week. We're also supporting the SIGGRAPH Asia Student Volunteers as usual.

Somewhat related, while not at SIGGRAPH Asia but in the Asia Pacific region, we're hosting a VFX Workshop in Singapore the week of Dec 4-8.