I found this Site by accident while looking at modelling videos on YouTube. It's a pretty neat tool that allows you to take a height map picture of any real world location that you set. Here's an example:
First drag this blue box where ever you want, I set it to 20 Km but it starts at a default of 18:
[T]https://puu.sh/vaHuh/b3cb148a07.jpg[/T]
Then click the cloud on the right. I got this output image here:
[T]https://puu.sh/vaHSK/69b6b80343.png[/T]
It actually gives you 5 separate images. You'll end up downloading a .zip file, and it will be full of .pngs. The image above is merged with all 5 images, which is included in each download. I've been have a bit of fun with it, but nothing of substance just yet. Also, a hint, if you want to have actual numbers to work with when importing the height map, select this option here:
[T]https://puu.sh/vaI8Q/7257ee001c.png[/T]
It will provide you with actual elevation lines and numbers and they're absolute as well, which is nice.
(I really need to make sure I title caps threads..)
Give this man a cookie.
Terrain.Party has been serving the Cities: Skylines community (and anyone needing a front-end to USGS maps) for just over two years.
By the way, those lovely topographic heightmaps are mainly only for US locations; outside the country you get OSM with mostly no height data.
It's kinda amazing how the heightmap in the OP looks somewhat artificial even though it's scanned from real life.
[QUOTE=Skerion;52064952]It's kinda amazing how the heightmap in the OP looks somewhat artificial even though it's scanned from real life.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, It outputs at a set resolution of 1081x1081. So the larger the area that you select, the less detail you're going to get.
[QUOTE=GaleTheHusky;52065211]Yeah, It outputs at a set resolution of 1081x1081. So the larger the area that you select, the less detail you're going to get.[/QUOTE]
not if you stitch them together
[url]https://terrain.party/api/export?box=23.609758022029386%2C61.414428886580794%2C23.949463977970613%2C61.57612503821173&name=h[/url]
[url]https://terrain.party/api/export?box=23.98901587895356%2C61.372456777155804%2C24.328262761671436%2C61.53415293068949&name=d[/url]
edit the url a few times and you should get some maps to put together
real useful resource
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