Interactive topographic map program.

[greylynx]

Does anyone remember the name of that free interactive topographic program of the Rock Mountains that you can twist around in every direction?

I found it really helpful for Willmore...northward into the Kakwa.

Thanks

[Walleyes]

No idea greylynx,,, but if you do find it it would be interesting to see.

[greylynx]

http://www.peakfinder.org

[Walleyes]

That's pretty cool greylynxl. Amazing the things they have now days..

[AxeMan]

Greylynx,

This is a bit of an aside, but the concept of visualizing terrain is very interesting and the technology is very advanced in this field.
I was lucky enough to help our Forestry Technology program here at NAIT with a special project that we developed to teach our students digital mapping and photogrammetric software.
We use a piece of Software from DAT/EM Systems called Summit Evolution on some high end 3D PC platforms to introduce them to this fascinating technology.  The system allows importing of digital imagery from aircraft, drone, or satellite and assign elevation coordinates to it.  These coordinates are often taken with lidar or can be referenced with ground level GPS. The image is then rendered to a 3D image which uses the Nvidia active 3D system viewable with the active shutter glasses.
Amazing realism just as if you were viewing out the window of the plane. We have data of some of the areas that I hunt..... .

[Walleyes]

Greylynx,

This is a bit of an aside, but the concept of visualizing terrain is very interesting and the technology is very advanced in this field.
I was lucky enough to help our Forestry Technology program here at NAIT with a special project that we developed to teach our students digital mapping and photogrammetric software.
We use a piece of Software from DAT/EM Systems called Summit Evolution on some high end 3D PC platforms to introduce them to this fascinating technology.  The system allows importing of digital imagery from aircraft, drone, or satellite and assign elevation coordinates to it.  These coordinates are often taken with lidar or can be referenced with ground level GPS. The image is then rendered to a 3D image which uses the Nvidia active 3D system viewable with the active shutter glasses.
Amazing realism just as if you were viewing out the window of the plane. We have data of some of the areas that I hunt..... .

Say what ??

Here I thought I was doing good and I can copy and paste in Exel lol..

[AxeMan]

Ha ha...complicated stuff...it can be.

In Google Earth application you can do lots of cool stuff too.

Turn on 3D viewing of terrain:
On your computer, open Google Earth.
Click Tools > Options.
On the “3D View” tab under “Terrain,” check Use 3D Imagery and Use high quality terrain.
Click OK.

When you zoom in on a mountain or valley you will get a bit of a 3D effect.

Also, the "elevation profile" feature is quite useful in Google Earth:
https://support.google.com/earth/answer/181393?hl=en

[greylynx]

Axeman:  The survey stuff today  is out of this world.
My dad was one of the first surveyors out of SAIT.  The T1 transit was the cat's meow at that time.
He followed current survey technology even after he retired. Every time the youngsters showed him the new technology he walked away totally amazed.
Glad to see NAIT has those open houses.  Keep up the excellent work.

P.S. My father is still looking for an Axeman named Patrick Eagan who owes him 5  bucks back in 1949. Word has it Patrick was a wee bit thirsty and spent the money at the Lunbrock (sp?) Hotel.