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HMetal2001

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How to get certain parts of Earth into a heightmap?
« on: November 17, 2016, 07:59:59 am »

The title says it all.

Specifically, I'd like to copy this.
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1. Lat: 31.3912, Lon: 34.1235 
2. Lat: 28.1107, Lon: 34.5850 
3. Lat: 12.6377, Lon: 43.3987 
4. Lat: 12.3400, Lon: 46.3733 
5. Lat: 14.7643, Lon: 49.8010 
6. Lat: 16.2674, Lon: 55.2502 
7. Lat: 18.6775, Lon: 60.2490 
8. Lat: 23.0393, Lon: 59.8755 
9. Lat: 24.5071, Lon: 56.9312 
10. Lat: 26.4116, Lon: 56.6455 
11. Lat: 25.4433, Lon: 53.4155 
12. Lat: 29.8216, Lon: 48.7354 
13. Lat: 34.0527, Lon: 45.6152 
14. Lat: 37.1078, Lon: 44.5825 
15. Lat: 36.9148, Lon: 39.3311 
16. Lat: 36.8269, Lon: 36.6724 
17. Lat: 34.5066, Lon: 35.3540 
18. Lat: 34.0345, Lon: 34.8706 
19. Lat: 32.9165, Lon: 34.5410
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Re: How to get certain parts of Earth into a heightmap?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2016, 03:22:33 pm »

That only gives X and Y.  You need a Z value.

Latitude give X
Longitude gives Y
Elevation gives Z

The elevation is what gives each pixel its value, where the latitude gives the X location, and longitude gives the Y.
There are some sources of maps with elevation data baked in-- such as the USGS survey maps.

There is a convenient website that makes this easy.
http://terrain.party/
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Re: How to get certain parts of Earth into a heightmap?
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2016, 04:34:19 pm »

Well, terrain.party is great and all, but the areas I'm looking for are almost completely nonexistent. They're also a pain to edit in World Machine.
« Last Edit: November 17, 2016, 04:44:50 pm by HMetal2001 »
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