[Qgis-user] free DEM data in QGis

[Torsten Lange]

Thank all for the infos! I'll go through it...

Cheers, Torsten


Am Mittwoch 03 August 2011, 12:47:28 schrieb 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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