Is there a way to find the height of buildings in the game?

[Nightside]

What scale are KSC buildings?

Are they 1/10th actual size like planets?

5/8 actual size like parts?

some other scale?

or not to any scale?

 

Do terrain features follow the same logic?

[Nightside]

How can I find out the dimensions of buildings around the KSC, etc?

[RealKerbal3x]

Maybe you could compare the size of buildings to a part of known size? Or maybe there’s a measuring mod, I’m not sure.

[Vanamonde]

Land a kerbal on the top and read his altimeter. 

[riki2048ksp]

Go at the  bottom  of  the  building and measure  the  height  over sea  level.

Then  go at the top of  the building and measure the height over sea level. 

Subtact the two values and you'll get the  building's  height.

Or you can use Kebnet, but it has an accuracy of only 10m.

Another way is to use trigonometry.  Angles  can be  measured   via the NavBall, but you'll still need a distance measurement, which can be done on the ground much more easily

[HansonKerman]

34 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said:

Maybe you could compare the size of buildings to a part of known size? Or maybe there’s a measuring mod, I’m not sure.

One Modular Girder Segment = 1m. Just make a stack of MGSs.

[katateochi]

If you just need height, as others suggested, use the altimeter. If you need width/depth too, then my way would be to use a Winch from the KAS mod. Place winch at one end, grab the connector and walk to the other end. Then right click on the winch and it'll say how much "rope" has been spooled out.  It's basically a tape measure!

[adsii1970]

2 minutes ago, katateochi said:

If you just need height, as others suggested, use the altimeter. If you need width/depth too, then my way would be to use a Winch from the KAS mod. Place winch at one end, grab the connector and walk to the other end. Then right click on the winch and it'll say how much "rope" has been spooled out.  It's basically a tape measure!

That's ingenious! I never thought of that... But have used it to measure depth of the water...

[Just Jim]

I also use flags to measure short distances. Plant a flag at one end of a building, walk to the other, and check the distance... done.

[Nightside]

Thanks for the great ideas all, maybe I will have to start my own mission report, Adventures of the Kerbal Surveyors Club!

[Just Jim]

1 minute ago, Nightside said:

Thanks for the great ideas all, maybe I will have to start my own mission report, Adventures of the Kerbal Surveyors Club!

Hmmm.... first mission: just how tall is a Mun-arch???

Edited August 5, 2018 by Just Jim

[HansonKerman]

1 hour ago, Nightside said:

"So, I'm announcing our newest mission, Project Adventures of the Kerbal Surveyors 

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[Dman979]

You can also plant flags, and see how far apart they are.

[Gargamel]

Jump off and time the freefall. 

My high school physics class, way back in the day, went to Cedar point, and we had to measure the heights of drops and such just using basic equipment like stopwatches and protractors and such. 

[Gargamel]

I think the buildings aren't to any scale.  They just are the size that looks right for most of the (stock) rockets coming out of them.   The real key would be to take a kerbal up next to a regular "people" door on one of the buildings, and see if the size of a pedestrian door is appropriate for a kerbal. 

 

[Vanamonde]

Overlapping threads have been merged. 

[Kernel Kraken]

Kerbals are 1.5 meters tall. Stack kerbals on top of each other until you get to the top of a building and count the Kerbals. Easy- peasy.

[ZooNamedGames]

17 hours ago, Just Jim said:

Hmmm.... first mission: just how tall is a Mun-arch???

If I recall correctly when I placed an Arch at the KSC using KK, it was roughly 200 meters ASL (give or take 10-20 meters). Easily taller than the VAB for reference.

[Just Jim]

Just now, ZooNamedGames said:

If I recall correctly when I placed an Arch at the KSC using KK, it was roughly 200 meters ASL (give or take 10-20 meters). Easily taller than the VAB for reference.

Something like that... I think... 

Ahhh... there it is... I'm not sure!!!

We need @Nightside to go verify the exact distance... lol... 

 

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

On 8/5/2018 at 4:12 PM, Nightside said:

What scale are KSC buildings?

Another method  you could  try is the BDA targeting camera ,  which gives accurate raycast measurement between craft and target and displays it on an easily readable screen ,  using vessel mover you could position a small craft anywhere you fancy and measure  to ground, or perhaps if going the mission report way,  with the cam attached to a small rover and targeting a kerb placed survey marker  However if you cant be fussed with the fuss ,  I've pretty accurate (scalable)  in game ruler part , i have a static based version for KK also , let me  know if needed.