[Opensim-users] Re Hatching: Real life Terrain

[diva at metaverseink.com]

I do real terrains from DEM files, 1:1. I have a converter, it's just 
not very friendly to use, and I don't answer questions about how to use 
it. But here's the link:

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/terraingen/

InuYasha Meiji wrote:
> I asked this before, and I did get a good reply from a user on the list 
> named, Marcus Llewellyn.  His links helped, and I was able to find the 
> srtm data I wanted from a file called srtm_62_07.zip.  I realize this is 
> not the best in resolution.  but I want to find out for sure.  Has 
> anyone found a way to get accurate land elevations to a real life 
> scale.  Or is everyone that uses SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topology Maps) or 
> GIS to make region height maps only making mini model scaled down 
> versions of the real life land scapes?
> I was hoping for a real life 1:1 of the land elevations of a mile to fit 
> a 7x7 equal to a 1792 x 1792 area with Shuri Castle in it's center.  
> Yes, Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan.
> 
> Any ideas on how to do this for open sim?  I don't want to make a mini 
> model of the entire Ryukyu Island chain.  I only want the area with the 
> Castle at the 130 meters above sea level and the rivers, lakes and ponds 
> of the area around it.  From what I read, it seems like it might be 
> impossible, but I may have misunderstood.
> 
> Thanks for your time on this.  I wanted to know before my eyes fall out 
> searching the net.  ;)
> 
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