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Chris Huff wrote:
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> I'm thinking more of 32-bit (single-precision float). 16-bit gives you
> 65536 levels, though, which should be enough for practically
> anything...if you have a 5000 foot tall mountain, the smallest change in
> height you can represent will be about an inch, and you could use a
> "local" height field if you need more precision. (unless I've made an
> error in my calculations...)
>
Sounds correct,
there is a 32 bit floating point format supported by HF-Lab/gforge, but i
don't know how universal it is.
Christoph
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