[UW-GIS-L] On the topic of DEMs (Pakistan)

[Harvey Greenberg]

I am around most of the time from 10-6:30 daily, though I have a meeting 
at 3 today, and I may be in late tomorrow.

harvey

Josef Eckert wrote:

> Thanks, Harvey!  Let me grub together the actual lat/longs from this 

> ancient map and I'll get back with you.  What's your availability like?

> ~joe

>

> Harvey Greenberg wrote:

>> Yes, that 1" (~30m) DEM is the finest world dataset.  Although it 

>> shows fine detail, there is a distracting nubbiness, and I usually 

>> use the 3" (~90m) SRTM data, especially the HydroSHEDS version.  If 

>> you don't want to download and mosaic it yourself, I have much of 

>> Asia as a (conditioned) 3" DEM and a hillshade.  The hillshade has 

>> bilinear pyramids, which is the only decent way to display 

>> high-resolution hillshades.  You can arrange to come by my office and 

>> clip out what you want.  If you want to start at a lower resolution, 

>> the HydroSHEDS site has that too.

>>

>> harvey

>>

>> Matthew Parsons wrote:

>>> Joe,

>>>

>>> You might want to consider the ASTER global DEM available via NASA.

>>> http://gcmd.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Metadata.do?Portal=GCMD&MetadataType=0&MetadataView=Full&KeywordPath=&EntryId=ASTGTM1 

>>>

>>>

>>> Press release info: 

>>> http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-150_ASTER_Topographic_Map.html 

>>>

>>>

>>> -Matt

>>>

>>>

>>> Josef Eckert wrote:

>>>> Hi,

>>>>

>>>> I'm hunting for DEMs of Pakistan and India, and I'm unable to 

>>>> obtain funds for a paid solution.  I was wondering if anyone had 

>>>> recommendations on where to pick up these for free?  I'll only be 

>>>> using them as a hillshade, so resolution isn't terribly important.

>>>>

>>>> Best,

>>>> Joe Eckert

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