DEM ignorance

[Veristek]

Not to mention there is also an English version of the site.

The screenshot gallery and the information is indeed in English, but I can't find any TransDEM download links or how to get TransDEM in English.

 

[Zwabberaar]

The screenshot gallery and the information is indeed in English, but I can't find any TransDEM download links or how to get TransDEM in English.

There is a big blue button on the left site of the screen that says "Download". Do you need a screenshot?

 

[Veristek]

There is a big blue button on the left site of the screen that says "Download". Do you need a screenshot?

I got this webpage in German when I clicked the "Download" button, hence my confusion with the website.

http://www.rolandziegler.de/StreckeUndLandschaft/startseiteEngl.htm

This is the website I found when I googled "TransDEM".

 

[Zwabberaar]

I got this webpage in German when I clicked the "Download" button, hence my confusion with the website.

http://www.rolandziegler.de/StreckeUndLandschaft/startseiteEngl.htm

This is the website I found when I googled "TransDEM".

I am glad you have found it this time

 

[Pencil42]

Thats the German-looking website I found. I saw all the screenshots, but I can't seem to find a download URL to download the TransDEM. Some pages are in German, which I have no understanding of.

You need to buy it before you can download it. The downloads section just has patches and updates.
See this thread for more information: http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=19532

Curtis

 

[iaine]

My first message in reply was too qiuck. I should have looked before I wrote

 

[iaine]

Hate to state the obvious, but a word of warning. You do need a basic understanding of maps and the UTM grid to be able to find the right initial DEM data to feed into TransDEM. In England it is pretty simple as we have the 0 degree longitude meridian passing thru London ! All we need to do is to sort out how far to the East or West of that we want and an approximate lattitude (somewhere in the 50's). - Time to dig out that atlas .

Good luck and happy DEMing. Once you get the hang of it, it is good fun and very rewarding as you see the ground taking shape under your very eyes.

 

[Veristek]

I'm always up for a challenge. After all, surely, it has to be better than carving up 200+ baseboards by hand.

 

[iaine]

How true Veristek. A couple of small tips if you do go ahead.
Do work your way thru the tutorials, and do them a couple of times just to make sure you understand what is going on.

Experiment on a small stretch of track that you know and check your results

after that it is all downhill. If you do get problems, drop a line to Geophil if the forum can't shed any light.

 

[Mick_Berg]

My only comment is the lack of decent UK DEM data.
..... Paulsw2 , or anyone, - have you found a good accurate data source of UK DEM data?

I'd buy the TransDem for Trainz program, but only if I was certain that I could get reasonably good DEM data for one particular area, viz. the Northern Heights area of North London. (This is a very hilly area and I have found elevation to be by far the most difficult aspect of modelling it.) Could anyone tell me for sure if I could get that data?
Thanks,
Mick Berg.

 

[geophil]

Mick,

here is an image of what you can expect from the ubiquitous NASA DEMs ("SRTM"), rendered in TransDEM (in combination with a road map):



geophil

 

[Mick_Berg]

Mick,

here is an image of what you can expect from the ubiquitous NASA DEMs ("SRTM"), rendered in TransDEM (in combination with a road map)

Thanks to Geophil, that's all the encouragement I need. I can see just by looking at the image that my route would be a million times better using this method. Correct elevation is so important.
I'll have to start again, but that's no problem, as my first attempt has taught me how to use Surveyor and gmax, and I have collected all the material I need.
I'm going to wait for TC3 before I make version 2 of my route, in the hope that sound and semaphore signalling will actually work........ but I'll start learning the TransDEM process right away.
Thanks,
Mick Berg.