> High!
> At 8-bit grayscale or at 16-bit vertical resolution? 
it was 8-bit gray scale.

>I recently wrote a 
> PoV-Ray script that generates 16-bit heightfields (and, after this, also 
> curved mesh2s) from SRTM Earth altimetry data processed with 3DEM (a 
> geographical visualization software)... if I remember correctly, 3DEM is 
> also able to process ASCII terrain matrizes from MOLA Mars (Mars Global 
> Surveyor) topography data!

I have use the DEM for earth. Its been awhile.
There was a conversion program that make an image map from Dem data. I 
had to tweak it to make it work.

> 
> And since a few years, there are also topographical contour maps of Mars 
> at 1:250,000 available...
> 

Looks like I have my next project!

> Won't you like to post some of these images on p.b.i.?
> 
I think I will. What would you like Area views, cut views, landscape views?




Have Fun!

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