terrain map resources

[kimgar]

hi,

does anyone have any suggestions to where i can look for pre generated terrain maps?
what about maps from real world locations, does such maps exist?

[Robert Sundin]

Hi kimgar!

You can find digital elevation models (DEM´s) from many sources, for example USGS (US Geological Survey), NASA and so on. A very good site that is mostly concerned with the mountainous areas of the world is Jonathan de Ferrantis excellent:

http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/

From there you can download zip-files that contains DEM's of mostly 90 meters resolution but also some of 30 meters resolution. To read these files you need some other program that can interpret them. I don´t use Dreamscape myself so I don´t know which file formats it can import. If you come across a DEM that Dreamscape cannot import I suggest uing "3DEM" which can read several different kinds of DEM formats. You can then (hopefully) export the terrain in some format that Dreamscape understands. "3DEM" can be downloaded from here:

http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem.html

Regards and good luck

Robert

[kimgar]

aha! thanks a lot i will check this out!

good info!