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Bob Pieterson · 30th April 2004, 08:39 PM

Take the .dat file. That is the important one with the ASCII-data. You only need the other files for reference to the number of rows and colums

Open the .dat file and try to read through the values. (Maybe you can recognise the data and imagine where you are on the map).

Make a new line at the top of the .dat file and enter the number of rows and colums on that new line. (I place them so that they are in line with the other data below them). I don't remember whether the rows or the colums come first on the new line. Try for your self.

Save the new file as a .pf file. Keep the .dat file as a backup.

Import the .pf file in AC3D.

In AC3D you can resize the file until the points are at a distance they represent on the map. I resize GLOBE-data until the points are horizontally 500 mtr and vertically 833 mtr apart.

The data are not optimized in any way. Maybe someone could tell me whether this is possible with a few tricks. A square and flat plain could be represented by the four corners and the one surface. That is all. Not the many points and surfaces that are used now.

30th April 2004, 08:39 PM	#6
Bob Pieterson Junior Member Junior member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 7	Re: Can't import .pf file... landscape question. Take the .dat file. That is the important one with the ASCII-data. You only need the other files for reference to the number of rows and colums Open the .dat file and try to read through the values. (Maybe you can recognise the data and imagine where you are on the map). Make a new line at the top of the .dat file and enter the number of rows and colums on that new line. (I place them so that they are in line with the other data below them). I don't remember whether the rows or the colums come first on the new line. Try for your self. Save the new file as a .pf file. Keep the .dat file as a backup. Import the .pf file in AC3D. In AC3D you can resize the file until the points are at a distance they represent on the map. I resize GLOBE-data until the points are horizontally 500 mtr and vertically 833 mtr apart. The data are not optimized in any way. Maybe someone could tell me whether this is possible with a few tricks. A square and flat plain could be represented by the four corners and the one surface. That is all. Not the many points and surfaces that are used now.