This tab manages the Digital Elevation file(s) for the relief image.

Instructions

  1. Click on a Download button to bring you to a website for downloading Digital Elevation files. Follow the instructions under Download Buttons below for the site.
  2. Once the files are downloaded, drag and drop them into the blue box.

Download Buttons

Download Elevation (EarthExplorer) - Log in, select Digital Elevation under the Data Sets tab and choose GMTED2010. Use the gmted_mea file.

Download US High Res (US National Map) - Log in, select Elevation Products, GeoTIFF format

There are numerous other Digital Elevation sources

Expert Settings

In expert mode, you can have multiple layers. A layer has a name and a set of elevation files.

The layers in a project all share the same project settings (color ramp, hillshade settings, etc.)

The elevation files for a layer should be contiguous and have the same resolution.

Running Preview or Create will only build the Active Layer

To create a new layer: just switch Active Layer and type a Layer Name, then add elevation files.

To change the Coordinate Reference System, switch to expert mode and use the Misc tab.