POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Spherical Height fields? : Re: Elebvation Maps (Was: Re: Spherical Height fields?) Server Time
13 Aug 2024 15:30:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Elebvation Maps (Was: Re: Spherical Height fields?)  
From: Dan Connelly
Date: 23 Aug 1998 08:38:16
Message: <35DFFF29.EA332F8E@flash.net>
Ross Smith wrote:
>  
> I can't help you with POV-format maps, but for those who don't mind
> doing their own conversion, you can find complete one-kilometre
> resolution topographic data for the entire land surface of the Earth at
> http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/gtopo30/gtopo30.html .

Many utilities exist to do the conversion.  Leveller is probably
the best, as it includes a nice open-GL preview with fly-through
and supports explicit POV-Ray export.

Leveller: 
http://www3.sympatico.ca/tapio.vocadlo/leveller/

Dan

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http://www.flash.net/~djconnel/


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