TranzDEM Question

[Isaacg]

Since I have only just recently(recently being 5 minutes) registered for the TransDEM forums; I'll go ahead and ask here.

I'm running TranzDEM on a Mac utilizing CrossOver/Wine programming, and it works great. Although I do have one problem: the DEM won't export. I have the required .hgt files merged together(I'm working on a fictional rail line, using DEMs from the Balkans area, broken into about 4 or 5 separate portions). Since it's fictional, I only want the terrain. I have noticed that there is NO purple UTM Grid, and the 'View' menu is greyed out. If someone has had this same problem(on a Windows PC is okay too), or can tell me what's going on, that would be nice. I hope this has nothing to do with the Runtime(?) library stuff that comes up at the end of the TranzDEM installer?

 

[geophil]

I have noticed that there is NO purple UTM Grid, and the 'View' menu is greyed out. If someone has had this same problem(on a Windows PC is okay too), or can tell me what's going on, that would be nice.

The entire "View" menu disabled? But TransDEM displays the DEM? What does the left-most field in the status bar say? Try [Alt]+[G] or [Alt]+. (not sure about emulation on Mac for this.)

 

[Isaacg]

Indeed the entire view menu is disabled. I'm not at home right now, but I think if I recall correctly, it said UTM/WSG84 somethingrather. I thought it may have to do with not having raster maps; but I don't think it does. I discovered the issue when I started georeferencing and converting GE images for another project I have.

When I get home, I'm going to fiddle with it a bit.

EDIT: Okay I'm home and I've found some time to fiddle with TransDEM. I figured out why the 'View' menu was disabled, and I've been reading the tutorials all over the place; I'm working on the second project I was referring to(with the actual images as well as DEM). Everything works fine apart from converting the geo-referenced Google maps to UTM. I think it has to do with the .kml/kmz placemark files, but I place them properly in Google Earth, along the line between the two ends, and then save them(placemark(s) 1-62), and open the corresponding placemark for each map image, but I can't save(Alt+S). In the status bar, after 'converting to UTM', it looks like this:

| UTM/WGS84 | N0º 00' -0.00" E0º 00' -.00" | ? m | 31N 166021 0 | | | | | |============| | Abort |