arma3:terrain:heightmap-real-world-data
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| **Best online heightmap data?** | **Best online heightmap data?** | ||
| - | At the time of writing this page the best heightmap source is **Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM GL1) Global 30m** found from OpenTopography site. | + | At the time of writing this page the best heightmap source is **Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM GL1) Global 30m** found from OpenTopography site or from global mapper online sources. |
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| ====== OpenTopography ====== | ====== OpenTopography ====== | ||
| - | This is very good site to download elevation data, it has nice coverage and nice user interface. | + | This is very good site to download elevation data, it has nice coverage and nice user interface. Remember global mapper online sources includes this same data. |
| Go to [[http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/lidar?format=sd|OpenTopography]] web site, click Global Data tab. | Go to [[http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/lidar?format=sd|OpenTopography]] web site, click Global Data tab. | ||
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| ALOS World 3D - 30m has a lot of missing data spots. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM GL1) Global 30m seems to have better coverage and the data / heightmap quality is much better than alos world 3d - 30m, it is highly recommended you download SRTM instead. | ALOS World 3D - 30m has a lot of missing data spots. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM GL1) Global 30m seems to have better coverage and the data / heightmap quality is much better than alos world 3d - 30m, it is highly recommended you download SRTM instead. | ||
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| ===== ALOS World 3D - 30m ===== | ===== ALOS World 3D - 30m ===== | ||
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| You can do [[arma3:terrain:real-world-data-global-mapper#aster_gdem_heightmap|Real World Data Global Mapper]] as it downloads automatically ASTER GDEM data for you if you use the connect to online data button. | You can do [[arma3:terrain:real-world-data-global-mapper#aster_gdem_heightmap|Real World Data Global Mapper]] as it downloads automatically ASTER GDEM data for you if you use the connect to online data button. | ||
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| + | ====== US National Elevation Dataset ====== | ||
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| + | United States National Elevation Dataset is heightmap with 10 meter resolution which is very good. Unfortunately as the name suggests, its only for America, so unless you are doing american terrain this has no use to you. | ||
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| + | https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/national-geospatial-program/national-map | ||
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| + | No idea how to download this manually, it can be done using global mapper -> online sources -> U.S. Data -> united states elevation data (NED) (10m resolution). | ||
| ====== USGS EarthExplorer ====== | ====== USGS EarthExplorer ====== | ||
| - | PMCTODO https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ | + | https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ |
| Requires login? :-( | Requires login? :-( | ||
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| Click results button. | Click results button. | ||
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| + | ====== High Res Heightmaps ====== | ||
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| + | https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?Mode=survey | ||
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| + | https://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/index.html | ||
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