[Tutorial] Terrain heightmaps from Google Earth.

[Loki]

Too lazy to make my own   

Basically this method will give you nice high resolution height-maps with terrain elevations around the world.  You can get the data for almost anywhere on the globe, but not so much for the poles.

You'll need these three things plus some sort of image editing software.

* Google Earth (http://earth.google.com)
* MicroDem (http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem.htm)
* SRTM Overlay for Google Earth (Run from URL once you've installed Google Earth http://www.ambiotek.com/topoview).

Full tutorial found here:
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=27052
After your done editing the tiff's resize it to a 256x256 png and put it in heightscripts of the editor folder.

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[Ash]

This looks like fun! I'll see if I can put Texas on the map. :3

[viper30000]

I'll give this a try

[Miner Blockman]

This state has so many mountians...

Why is Utah so flat?

[Zyke34]

This state has so many mountians...

Why is Utah so flat?

Colorado is even with mountains and plains. You should move here for the stuffs and giggles.

[Miner Blockman]

Colorado is even with mountains and plains. You should move here for the stuffs and giggles.

I do like stuffs and Giggles.

[Aniken 911]

This looks like fun! I'll see if I can put Texas on the map. :3

don't mess with it.

[Kalphiter]

I like how they used Hispaniola

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