Obtain elevation data for scenery design

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VesselCap
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Obtain elevation data for scenery design

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Hi guys, anyone know online sources to get elevation data to make Virtual Sailor sceneries?

Thanks in advance
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Northfeeder
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Re: Obtain elevation data for scenery design

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Hi,

there are quite a few sourced, depends a bit what area you would like to cover.

Gebco offers combined land and bathy but in a low resolution.
https://download.gebco.net/

If you look for higher resolution (only land data) you can use the following:
http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html

Hope that helps
VesselCap
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Re: Obtain elevation data for scenery design

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Thank you Northfeeder, this helped me a lot! I prefer the high resolution data. Awesome!
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