On Wed 02/01/13 12:32, William F Pokorny wrote:
> On 01/02/2013 05:13 AM, scott wrote:
>> Not specifically for POV but I'm after a method to create a heightmap
>> from a contour map. All I have available is the map showing contours of
>> constant height, I have traced these and made them into arrays of points
>> but I can't figure out a way to generate a height map from this.
>>
>> I tried already for each point interpolating between the two nearest
>> contours but it leads to not a very smooth result (jumps and sharp
>> angles). Does anyone know a better way to do this that would lead to a
>> smooth looking surface?
> Hi Scott,
> While it's a tool still on my "I need to play with that tool someday"
> list, perhaps give meshlab (meshlab.org) a try? It has features which
> turn point clouds into meshes along with options for smoothing. The
> input can be an ascii file one vertex/tuple per line.
> Bill P.

Thanks I'll take a look.

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