[Geowanking] national broadband map apis

[hbgrant at voyager.net]

Seems like a lot to do. Can we assume the GIS file format has elevation
data?

Is there an easier conversion?

Just got the
Makerbot Thing-o-matic up and running and want to run some topos.

 - Brian


>                     If the gis file
contains height field information, you
> can use     Global Mapper
to convert it to stl. If not
> it will take PhotoShop     Extended
to convert shades
> of gray to a height map then MeshLab to    
convert it
> stl. (or and old plug-in from Knoll and
PhotoShop).
> What     are you trying to do?
>     
MitchellT
> 
>      On 2/20/2011 1:02 PM,
hbgrant at voyager.net wrote:     can anyone help
> with some ideas
for converting GIS       file formats to STL -      
>
stereolithography file format?
> 
>        Thanks,'
> 
>        - Brian        
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