Christoph Hormann wrote:

> Peter Hertel wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> I've been looking for a high resoultion height field which includes the
>> middle of norway (more exactly, the mountains around Molde, south of
>> Trondheim). See a map of the location here:
>> http://www.gulesider.no/gsi/map.do?n=&mode=&size=2&cb=cz&c=s&cm=&v=&bkode=&d 
>>
>> rill=&showCompanies=false&firma=&clickX=238&clickY=178&msa=m1&x=6.743208&y=6 
>>
>> 2.60207&id=&startId=&finishId=&spraak=1&oldZoom=2
>>
>> I haven't found any images with high enough resolution, but perhaps 
>> DEM maps
>> could be of some use?
> 
> 
> ftp://edcsgs9.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/srtm/
> 
> large parts of Norway are not in the available area though.
> 
>> The question is, how do I convert DEM maps to a height_field?
> 
> 
> DEM is not a file format, it stands for digital elevation model which is 
> a synonym for heightfield.  Programs needed to convert it into a form 
> readable by POV depend on the file format.
Which for the site you linked to is raw data, no header, shorts,
big endian, 1201 x 1201 (at least for the parts I looked at)

	Andrel

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