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The maps are generated directly from elevation data--all you need is an array of elevation values and the full maps are generated from those. A good source of e
by tylermw 8y ago
The maps are generated directly from elevation data--all you need is an array of elevation values and the full maps are generated from those. A good source of elevation data for the USA is the National Map [1], but a much more comprehensive source is the SRTM Space Shuttle data [2] (it covers almost the entire earth at a 30m resolution).
[1] https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/ https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/
[2] https://dwtkns.com/srtm30m/ https://dwtkns.com/srtm30m/
- ideashower 8y agoThanks! Follow up question: how do I zoom in once I have loaded in a GeoTIFF from one of those sources?
- tylermw 8y agoTo zoom, just subset the matrix to the region of interest