Hi all. I have a silly question again...I'm sure I asked this a few years back but I can't find the discussion for some reason. We got it to work for a Golf...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 2, 2009 6:20 pm
... UTM is your problem. WCS only supports geographic lat/lon. Reproject your DEM data to geographic lat/lon. Or use VNS. ... -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson | Xenon @...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Nov 4, 2009 9:01 am
I just wanted to let all listmembers in the Oceania regions know that, if they weren't aware, the long-awaited Xfrog plant packs for that region are now...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 4, 2009 6:28 pm
Hi, I just want to confirm my thinking. I have a Wind Farm project that I may receive soon. The major focus is data accuracy. I explained that the accuracy of...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 4, 2009 6:32 pm
... Yes. ... -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson | Xenon @ 3D Nature | http://www.3DNature.com/ Highway Design: http://highway-design.net/...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 4, 2009 6:37 pm
Thanks Chris, Hopefully I will have some new images to share soon....
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webin
Nov 5, 2009 5:54 pm
In my company's experience with wind farm view analysis, the biggest obstacles to accuracy are 1) getting the haze set to realistic levels (for the project...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 5, 2009 8:28 pm
Thank you for advice! Very much appreciated....
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 8:38 pm
Hi all, I have bathymetry file in ESRI GRID format. When I import into to VNS the low and high elevations are squashed. I have confirmed that all projection...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 8:44 pm
I just added a screen capture to http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/wcsml/files/McBroome/...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 6, 2009 8:50 pm
... Usually if you know what the range SHOULD be, and then determine what it IS, you can figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. It it's too short by a...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 9:02 pm
Thanks, yes I have actually already tried a mix of units. It should be meters according to my projection file but I tried feet as well just to see what the...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 6, 2009 9:13 pm
... Keep in mind the projection file usually only specifies the HORIZONTAL units that the projection coordinates are measured in. It makes no statement about...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 9:15 pm
Some background info: The source is a 16-bit grid file that I exported to an 8-bit grid file so that VNS could load it....
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Scott Cherba
rscottcherba
Nov 6, 2009 9:20 pm
Sometimes it's easier to correct the problem in VNS than try to figure out what's wrong with the original data. One of the Import Wizard pages allows you to...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 9:40 pm
True it does only specify the LINEAR unit and that is why I have tried both Survey Feet and Meter. I am at a loss as to how to cull the high and low elevations...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 6, 2009 9:42 pm
... Why? What format? VNS can normally read a 16-bit grid file from many formats. Try to avoid too much dinking with your data, for there creeps in the...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 6, 2009 9:49 pm
... What tool are you doing all this GIS work in? ... Um, what do you mean 1-bit? It seems like you're taking a lot of false paths that are distracting us and...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 9:51 pm
Because it failed to load, I would recieve "Please contact 3D Nature. This file can't be decoded properly at this time". I had created another 16-bit version...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 9:53 pm
ESRI 9.3, ArcCatalog to be specific. I had meant to type 16-bit. I agree about focusing on the source data and always attempt to do so. In this case it has not...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 6, 2009 9:56 pm
... Ok. I don't think you've said yet exactly what format we're talking about, and though you haven't yet answered it, I'm assuming you're using ArcGIS? I...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 10:03 pm
Yes to ArcGIS, yes I ArcGrid and the ARC ASCII file is what just crashed VNS. Perhaps ESRI changed some formatting with 9.3 service pack 1? As a quick aside, I...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 6, 2009 10:10 pm
... Possibly. Is it something you could ZIP and send to out FTP server (files.3dnature.com) for us to look at? Have you checked if anything else can read the...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 10:32 pm
Uploading the source file now. It is called hillsha_btde2.zip...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 11:00 pm
So I was typeing this message out and the obvious occured to me. That is a hillshade file which I do not believe is the same as as standard GRID file, so far...
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tim_mcbroome
Nov 6, 2009 11:36 pm
That appears to have been the issue....
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Emma Sandström
emmasandstrom
Nov 12, 2009 3:34 pm
I have troubles width my beach ecosystems, my trees are getting flooded by the lake and I'm running out of ideas. I'm using 93 dynamic-linked vectors and...
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Adam Hauldren
nlightuk
Nov 12, 2009 9:58 pm
... Emma, Based on your explanation, it would seem that your current beach materials will be distributed like so: No foliage from the beach edge to a water...
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cdvg1302
Nov 16, 2009 8:12 pm
Hi all, I need to know the x,y,z coordinates from each pixel of a rendered image. I have found, that VNS can render to RLA-format, which stores Latitude and...
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Chris 'Xenon'...
xenonofarcticus
Nov 16, 2009 8:34 pm
... Nothing that I'm aware of. Most 3D apps don't understand lat/lon/elev. What are you trying to accomplish and how/where will you be using these coordinates?...
