Check out this site for lots of info on tools and techniques:

http://www.terrainmap.com/

Cheers

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?
> 
> The question is, how do I convert DEM maps to a height_field?
> 
> Christoph Hormann did an image of Hawaii, using STRM data (
> http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~y0013390/pov/gallery4.html ). Might that be
> a solution?
> 
> I've seen some programs which reads DEM files, but they are rather expensive
> (1500$ IIRC) :)
> 
> -Peter
> 
>

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