[?] Real life terrain

CTRifle · 2012-07-11, 01:23

First off, yes I know there are several tutorials and I've done them BUT my problem with those tutorials is the quality of the terrain I get from it.

Does anyone know of a place where I can get real world data that is relatively accurate and that I can use to scale? As Im finding the quality of the info I've found already to be kinda crappy when its such a small area.

If anyone has any ideas please send em this way..

Rhino · 2012-07-11, 04:45

your are not going to get 2m or 4m accracy DEM data. The advantage of using DEM data is you get a pretty good base but from there, you need to clean it up manually or with a program like Geocontrol.

[R-DEV]Mineral · 2012-07-11, 12:57

I used Nasa heightmaps for my map. I found they were way more detailed then the ones from google earth. But still not like you are looking for 2 to 4m. At least not for the heightmaps I used.

2012-07-11, 01:23	#1
CTRifle Retired PR Developer Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,044 Canada Location: Ontario! Blog Entries: 1	[?] Real life terrain First off, yes I know there are several tutorials and I've done them BUT my problem with those tutorials is the quality of the terrain I get from it. Does anyone know of a place where I can get real world data that is relatively accurate and that I can use to scale? As Im finding the quality of the info I've found already to be kinda crappy when its such a small area. If anyone has any ideas please send em this way..

2012-07-11, 04:45	#2
Rhino Retired PR Developer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 47,448 United Kingdom Location: Somerset - UK Blog Entries: 45	Re: [?] Real life terrain your are not going to get 2m or 4m accracy DEM data. The advantage of using DEM data is you get a pretty good base but from there, you need to clean it up manually or with a program like Geocontrol.

2012-07-11, 12:57	#3
[R-DEV]Mineral PR:BF2 Lead Designer Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 8,514 Belgium	Re: [?] Real life terrain I used Nasa heightmaps for my map. I found they were way more detailed then the ones from google earth. But still not like you are looking for 2 to 4m. At least not for the heightmaps I used.