I am looking for a way to create, from a file DEM (W020N90.DEM for example), a
360-degree panorama seen from a point of Lt Latitude (degree), Lg longitude
(degree) and H height (meter).
I saw that perhaps POV-ray has this possibility, but I do not know how I act as
an absolute beginner in this program.
The end result should be an image similar to that found at the link
www.lalpinistavirtuale.it/Panorami/img/example.jpg.
Thanks for your attention.
AlpVir

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AlpVir wrote:
> I am looking for a way to create, from a file DEM (W020N90.DEM for example), a
> 360-degree panorama seen from a point of Lt Latitude (degree), Lg longitude
> (degree) and H height (meter).

Hi, this is the wrong newsgroup for this topic, it is for
discussing the programming of POV-Ray itself. Appropriate
groups would be povray.newusers or povray.general.

Anyway, you need

1. A tool to convert DEM file to a supported image format,
    TGA or 16-bit PNG would be ok.

2. The height_field object to import an elevation
    map as a geometric object. This is common, you
    should find tons of sample scenes.

3. Change the camera from the normal perspective
    type to panoramic (see 3.3.1.2.6 in the docs).

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