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Oliver
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4/14/09
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Getting DEM Digital Elevation Model Maps
Posted:
Oct 12, 2011 6:18 AM
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Hi All,
I'm trying to get some digital elevation maps of the area round Los Angeles and Phoenix, Az.
I've tried sources from links on this page, but I can't find any good data. I keep getting redirects to old servers that say this map data is obsolete. It's driving me nuts! (http://www.mathworks.co.uk/support/tech-notes/2100/2101.html)
I found some data from http://store.usgs.gov/
but when trying to read it with.... ---------- [Z,refvec] = usgsdem('sf_south.dem',1); ----------
i get... ---------- ??? Error using ==> usgsdem>usgsdemf at 84 Ground planimetric coordinates not in arc-seconds. Try USGS24KDEM ----------
So i try... ---------- [Z,refvec] = usgs24kdem('sf_south.dem',1) ----------
i get Z and refvec output as 1393x1111 matrices, tried this....
---------- mapshow(Z,refvec) ??? Error using ==> checkrefmat at 23 Function MAPSHOW expected its second input argument, R, to have size [3,2]. ---------- usgs24kdem must be wrong as refvec is only meant to be [3,2].
and using imagesc(Z) it's just a matrix with a gentile gradient going down the Cols (37.7505 to 37.6245) the Rows are all the same values.
Any ideas or help where I can just get some simple elevation data?? Lat Long Height
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