Yes, this does what I want, but it could be so much quicker with a cut tool on the toolbar. monks...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 10, 2011 5:48 pm
Ok, thanks. Nice feature that. I had something like 5 or 6 duplicates at one point! monks...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 10, 2011 6:03 pm
I've currently got maintain export bounds instead of sample spacing checked. Would this make a difference? I'll try the other setting too. monks...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 10, 2011 6:15 pm
Ahh, checking "Keep Pixel if any Part is Inside Crop Area" seems to have solved the problem. :) Question about Terragen exports... Does GM normalise the...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 10, 2011 6:24 pm
Monks, Actually that setting should prevent any invalid areas, so that should be fine to check. Thanks, Mike Global Mapper Support support@... ...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 10, 2011 6:38 pm
Monks, Yes, the Terragen export does scale the elevation values for display in Terragen. Saving actual elevation values in Terragen files doesn't always work...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 11, 2011 5:04 am
Hi Mike, I'm having trouble exporting a hf2 tiled terrain. When I re-import into GM the heights are all extremely low- like the data has been clamped or scaled...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 11, 2011 5:10 am
I've set the scale factor to 0.01 and the interpretation to metres which half solves it, but this isn't a satisfactory state for my project data to be in. I...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 11, 2011 6:37 am
Did you create your terrain from the contours? I would expect the elevation units interpretation to handle any incorrect units. If the values are really small...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 11, 2011 2:45 pm
Yes, the terrain was created from the contours. The terrain has been scaled /100. So the correct height of 7000m is now 70m. No, all my contours are tagged...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 11, 2011 3:49 pm
Monks, Can you perhaps provide the contours and the generated grid to me at support@...? What are the elevation units for the contour layer set to...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 11, 2011 4:50 pm
Yep, the contours are now set to cms, not meters. I just opened up an older workspace in both GM 11 and 12, and both were set correctly to contours = m. ...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 11, 2011 4:55 pm
I should add that the reason why I think there is something wrong with GM's export of hf2 and not the test apps import of them, is that when I re-import the...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 11, 2011 5:16 pm
Monks, You can just use the elevation scaling factor on the Adjust Elevations tab of the Options dialog to apply the needed scale factor to any terrain layers ...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 11, 2011 5:29 pm
Carl, I took a look at the HF2/HFZ export and discovered that there was a problem if exporting using fractional elevation units (like centimeters rather than ...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 11, 2011 5:42 pm
Thanks, I'll give that a try. I'm going to export the terrain in metres, and use an external bit of code to re-scale it, and then I'll re-import. In the...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 11, 2011 5:56 pm
Monks, You could use a script and provide the ELEV_SCALE parameter as part of the IMPORT command to correct the values, then use EXPORT_ELEVATION to export out...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 12, 2011 1:22 am
Mike, is the HF2 format supported in the script IMPORT command? I can't see it in the docs. My script looks like this: GLOBAL_MAPPER_SCRIPT VERSION=1.00 IMPORT...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 12, 2011 8:53 am
Monks, You almost never need to specify the format as part of the IMPORT command, the file extension usually does it all for you. The script is not case ...
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Dwain Kincaid
dkincaid@...
Mar 12, 2011 4:40 pm
I have imported a pdf drawing with coordinates in the Naparima WGS84 datum. When this imports, the drawing is rotated to the west based on the north arrow on...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 12, 2011 4:58 pm
Dwain, Can you provide the PDF to support@... and I can take a look? I'm guessing the control points in the GeoPDF file provide the rotation. Note...
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Dwain Kincaid
dkincaid@...
Mar 12, 2011 5:04 pm
I meant that I converted from Naparima to UTM WGS84. The PDF file is attached. Dwain Kincaid Senior Consultant Air Quality Services, LLC 7007 Beamtree Drive ...
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Dwain Kincaid
dkincaid@...
Mar 12, 2011 5:04 pm
Here is the projection info: Dwain Kincaid Senior Consultant Air Quality Services, LLC 7007 Beamtree Drive Shelbyville, KY 40065 502-633-3772 502-437-0631 FAX...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 12, 2011 5:05 pm
Dwain, You can't attach files to Yahoo group postings. You can email the files to support@.... Thanks, Mike Global Mapper Support ...
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Carl
carllingard
Mar 12, 2011 5:40 pm
If I export as a global Mapper Grid does it default to lossless compression? Is there a param to specify no compression? monks...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 12, 2011 5:45 pm
Monks, You would need to add the parameter ALLOW_LOSSY=NO to force lossless compression. I would also recommend using a high resolution elevation unit, like...
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Bruce Hatton
bruce.hatton...
Mar 14, 2011 10:03 am
Hi Mike, I love the ability to be able to export to KMZ and find it very useful, but is there a way to export the KMZ so that it STOPS displaying within Google...
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emad
emad_badr
Mar 14, 2011 12:03 pm
Mike, Is it possible to directly display only the selected vector data by using Search Vector Data (I mean not to copy and paste into another file) , I really...
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Global Mapper Support
global_mapper
Mar 14, 2011 4:12 pm
Bruce, Actually support for that was just added to the user interface in the last couple of days for raster KML/KMZ export. You can also now do fading. I have ...
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gm_hsy@...
gm_hsy...
Mar 14, 2011 5:24 pm
Thanks Mike, a plausible explanation! I will follow your advice and make use of the work-around! Best regards Hans...
