The folks at ChartTiff have been a big help to us and have even provided a download format that essentially imports directly into PLS-CADD.
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The rest of this TechNote will explain how to use ChartTiff's data, as it is much easier to use. For these reasons, we now recommend that you obtain your USGS data in a readily used format at a minimal cost from ChartTiff.
As a consequence, they made previous conversion programs obsolete and more difficult to use in practice. The following is a quote from the Tech Note: "Since this TechNote was first developed in the summer of 2000, the USGS has undergone many changes in their data formats and sources. Power Line Systems has developed a Tech Note describing the how in importĬhartTiff Geo's / DRGs / DOQQs and NEDs / DEMs into PLS-CADD. Importing ChartTiff Geos / DRGs / DOQQs and NEDs / DEMs into PLS-CADD PLS-CADD 3D Image using ChartTiff 30 Meter NEDs and DOQQs Select PLS-CADD XYZ File Format as the Output Format. Once Elevation Data is in cart, simply check out and Users can now do simple File / Open to input Elevation Data. Reading ChartTiff NxGen Geos / Geos and ChartTiff USGS DOQQs / NAIP DOQQsĬhartTiff offers Collarless / Seamless Topo Maps for PLS-CADD.ĬhartTiff offers Elevation Data in PLS-CADD XYZ File Format.