[Qgis-user] free DEM data in QGis

[Saber Razmjooei]

Globe plugin is already in the trunk version for 3d view.

Cheers
Saber

> Hi Torsten,
>         If your question is how do you get the (SRTM) data, try something
> like:
>  http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/NewEarthExplorer/ - Earth Explorer from the
> USGS
> Or http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/ - or various other places.
>         If you just want to use it as a basemap then I'm guessing you just
> add it like a regular raster. If you want to use it to drape other data
> over so you can do 3D I'm not sure if QGIS could do that or if it would be
> the best solution - there are other open-source GIS's for that.
> Hope that helps.
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> From:   Torsten Lange <tlange at gwdg.de>
> To:     Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Date:   02/08/2011 23:55
> Subject:        [Qgis-user] free DEM data in QGis
> Sent by:        qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm novice to use free DEM data. I work on a medium (~60km) scale area in
> Germany. It's basically about geology. As don't need accurate DEM data for
> the
> time being I read through google that gtopo30 or (even better ?) DTED data
>
> from German Aerospace Center may be utilized, which are all free of
> charge.
>
> Actually I don't know where to start. Could anyone please give some
> comments
> about how would be the general procedure to load those data into QGis?
> Useful
> links are appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Torsten
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