I've had similar experiences. The 3D image alone looks pretty good, unless
you drape something over it.
Am I right in saying that you need to convert contour lines to points to
take full advantage of the interpolation? It just seems to use the one
point on each polyline as a height value
... :-)
geographic 3D is an art ...
I've been using MI, VM, a whole bunch of home grown tools to produce my 3D
models, as well as a lot of time consuming trial and error ... and a few
years later I can tell you :
To produce a good 3D model, a good tool is necessary, that's sure (and MI
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Date: jeudi 10 aout 2000 09:57
A: 'Brown, Christopher (HI Cartographer)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet: RE: MI Enter a Whole New Dimension! V6 3D Map View
I've had similar experiences. The 3D image alone looks pretty good, unless
you drape something over it.
Am I right in saying
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To: 'Brown, Christopher (HI Cartographer)'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: MI Enter a Whole New Dimension! V6 3D Map View
I've had similar experiences. The 3D image alone looks pretty good, unless
you drape something over it.
Am I right in saying that you need to convert contour lines to points
The above was taken from the MI v6.0 glossy brochure. The pictures
look OK. Maybe a bit blocky but much better than I can produce!
Has anyone tried to do the same?
First, Eric's comments are spot on, especially "geographic 3D is an art".
Second, you can definitely "try Vertical Mapper" from
I would like to pipe in. I took a DEM from NY's GIS Clearinghouse and
converted to grid (DEM to GRID tool)and overlaid a road centerline file and
then viewed in 3D and it looks great. These new DEM's are much better than
the older ones. So, there might be an issue with "garbage in garbage out"
