
SRTM
SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission), a joint project between the NIMA and
NASA to produce digital topographic data for 80% of the Earth's land surface (all
land areas between 60
º
north and 56
°
south latitude).
Most of the world has been released on a 3-
arc
-
second (approximately 90 meters)
grid, with the USA data being available on a 1
-
arc
-
second (approximately 30 meters)
grid.
Note: Also available for download is SRTM30 (approximately 1km grid) comprising
a combination of data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, and the the U.S.
Geological Survey's GTOPO30 data set. It is formatted the same as the GTOPO30
convention so should be considered as GTOPO30 data (see below).
(OziExplorer version 3.95.3a or later is required to read SRTM data. A
new version can be downloaded from the OziExplorer webpage. Older
versions of OziExplorer will not detect SRTM data.)
Downloading
Note: OziExplorer version 3.95.4j or later has the ability to download SRTM
height data
for the region of map being viewed so manual downloading through the
FTP site shown below is not required. The SRTM Download option is on the
3D/Elevation Menu. (OziExplorer3D must be installed for this menu to be visible.)
FTP Download
-
SRTM data for some regions can be downloaded from here.
Note : The file names represent the bottom left corner of your map, check your map
to make sure you obtain the correct files. The naming convention of the files is
"N49W110.hgt", for example this file covers the region from 49-
50 deg North and
109
-
110 deg West. In the southern hemisphere, the file "S17E142.hgt" covers the
region 16-
17 deg South and 142
-
143 deg East.
If you have downloaded the data for your area but OziExplorer does not
display any heights , downloading the wrong files is the most likely cause,
double check that you have downloaded the correct data files.
The SRTM data has artifacts, this is particularly noticeable over water (lakes or
rivers) and where sharp changes in height occur.
Using the Data
The files have a .zip extension indicating they are a compressed file. A
program called
oziUnGzip.exe
is supplied with OziExplorer3D which can
uncompress these files.
Run the
oziUnGzip
program and select the file (or files) you want to extract,
they will be extracted to the same folder as the compressed file.
Note
-
You
must use version 1.1 of the oziUnGzip program (the version is in the program
caption
-
version 1.0 does not display a version number).
The file extracted will have the extension .hgt.
Important
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Do not change
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