It sounds like he wants a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_elevation_model
and then be able to visualize it. This kind of thing is usually part of a Geographic Information System (GIS) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS There is an open source GIS called GRASS http://grass.itc.it/ that can do this. Cheers, Tim. --- Tim Lahey PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo http://www.linkedin.com/in/timlahey On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:44 AM, John Cremona wrote: > > I don't suppose that Sage can do this? It is not clear what the input > would be exactly. > > John Cremona > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Colin Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/12/1 > Subject: Re: maths-staff: Help .... > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi guys > > A software problem. Does anyone know of (or better have access to) a > package which will take a map with countours and realise it virtually > so that you can see what the lie of the land looks like from a given > vantage point? > > Colin (R) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
