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Zachstar · 12-17-07, 05:12 AM

For those wondering about this shuttle mission. The one that gave a public domain radar view of most of the earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRTM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-99
http://srtm.usgs.gov/Mission/missionsummary.php
http://srtm.usgs.gov/Mission/quickfacts.php
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/

There are much higher resoultion missions involving unmanned spacecraft. However those sources are mostly private or military and not around for the general public.

A low resolution combination of SRTM height maps, Landsat data, and other sources (Night lights) can work well for a subsim with light flight aspects. Id say that a really good combination of data ought not to exceed 75-100 MB

12-17-07, 05:12 AM	#10
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	For those wondering about this shuttle mission. The one that gave a public domain radar view of most of the earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRTM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-99 http://srtm.usgs.gov/Mission/missionsummary.php http://srtm.usgs.gov/Mission/quickfacts.php http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ There are much higher resoultion missions involving unmanned spacecraft. However those sources are mostly private or military and not around for the general public. A low resolution combination of SRTM height maps, Landsat data, and other sources (Night lights) can work well for a subsim with light flight aspects. Id say that a really good combination of data ought not to exceed 75-100 MB __________________