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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thankyou Agustin, Richard, Andrea, and David for your replies!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Unfortunately, I’m a newbie at this and I don’t quite understand everything yet.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@David: I tried using the delta from the min to the max so that all the data points were relative to 0 but got the same result. I haven’t tried the <i>National Map</i> yet. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@Andrea: You are correct about LAT and LONG in degrees and ALT in meters. But I don’t know how to “reproject the point vector layer containing the elevation data to a projected Coordinate Reference System whose unit of measure for the X and Y coordinates is the metre and then use such reprojected point vector layer to create the DEM”. I’ve looked at the properties of the project and I see <i>CRS</i> and <i>Transformations</i>. In <i>CRS > Projected Coordinate Systems</i> I don’t see any UTM. Nor do I see any in Geographic Coordinate Systems. I do see some UTM’s in the <i>CRS > Projected Coordinate Systems > Other</i>. So, I chose <i>WGS 84 / UTM grid system (northern hemisphere</i>), but got the same result. Can you explain further?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@Richard: I’m confused about the resolution of Google Earth satellite data. I do believe that it is only 30m SRTM data because I tried another method in Blender and it only mapped a single point, causing a slight wave in the otherwise flat surface. Yet, as I move the mouse over the land in Google Earth, I see the elevation in the status bar changing continuously. How can that be if the resolution is so low? I haven’t tried your link to the original SRTM yet. I tried setting the pixel size to 30x and 30y, but then the rows went to only 1. Maybe that’s confirmation that there is only one point that is hit in a 300 x 400 ft piece of land?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>@Agustin: When I try to set the Geometry CRS for the point data import, I only see 4 choices, and none of them appear to be a projected CRS. However, I discovered the <i>Select CRS</i> icon button and was able to select from a long list. I chose <i>WGS 84 / UTM grid system (northern hemisphere</i>). But then the lower right status bar showed <i>EPSG:32600</i>, not the one I chose. Continuing anyway, when I did <i>HCMGIS > Basemaps > Google Satellite</i>, it failed to bring in any map.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>