TranzDEM 2.1 export into TS2010 Surveyor: advice sought??

[prr325]

I'm working on a prototypical route in TranzDEM. I got the DEMs, got topo map overlays, and I have used the Simple Route Editor to trace out the rail lines, waterways, and roads. I saved each set of "routes" in a different file: one file for rails, one for waterways, and one for roads.

I know from the TranzDEM documentation that I can open all three files at once and save them to a single file, and then export into Surveyor. My question is: is that a good approach?

I also saw in the documentation that a route can be identified on input to Surveyor as rails, waterways, or roads. Would it better to import each type "route", rails, water, roads, into Surveyor separately? That seems like a better approach; else if using a combined import of all three how can Surveyor tell which route is rail, which is water, which is road?

So which way would work better, or will it only work one way?

Thanks.

 

[PGibbons]

Way to Go !

Ive been using TransDEM in the way you have described for a few years now and have found it a much more productive way to create the basic Trainz map files.
I use Google Earth to capture satellite images of the area, save the KMZ placemark for each image then use TransDEM to create the overall files all geo-referenced - this is all in the TransDEM doco. If the Google earth images are good enough you can then create very detailed UTM tiles for the route and use them to place scenery etc.

I recommend that you follow the TransDEM documentation and run thru' a few test runs to understand the process before you start on your major project.

PG