Dan Connelly <djc### [at] flashnet> writes:

> 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.

No, actually, Leveller isn't the best, as it's windows only. Not to
denigrate the author, but no program designed for use with POVray can
honestly claim the title 'the best' unless it runs on at *least* a
significant subset of the systems POVray does.
Leveller seems nice, and I'd like to see an X version of it, but until
there is one, 'the best' would have to be one of the command line
converters that will run on either unix or windows.

Shalon Wood

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