[Qgis-user] raster noob orientation

[Richard McDonnell]

Hi Chuck,
Have you looked at SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
You can use https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ to find the datasets 
available for your Area of Interest.
Hope this helps.

Regards,

Richard.


On 10/08/2017 13:53, chuck y wrote:
> All,
>
> I want to start a new raster file project in GQIS 2.18.11 on win7, using a
> terrain raster image as layer one  I have found numerous tutorials with
> sample data but so far no useful instructions on the finer points of how to
> do this simple task.  Note that I have tried to download Google Natural
> Earth 1:10.000.000 large scale rasters but keep getting a 404 not found
> error, so they must not be available.  The other scale  Natural Earth
> rasters are not usable as I will need to zoom down further than they
> support.
>
> So the next step is to find a usable substitute, but so far I am fumbling
> around and wasting hours by guessing at what the various raster file types
> will look like in QGIS. Would someone kindly suggest at least a substitute
> WGS84 raster file and a link to where I can find it?
>
> FWIW my goal is to assemble a multilayer terrain elevation analysis project
> for evaluating mountain peaks and cols in Albania for SOTA (Summits on the
> Air) use.
>
> tnx in advance.
>
> chuck
>
>
>
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