Will PullSDTS be expanded to convert to coordinate systems and datums other than UTM NAD27, and to other DEM/DTED file types?
No. That is all well outside the planned scope of the PullSDTS utility and (future) DEMpy application, which are intended only for 3D terrain art projects. For greater functionality and for mission-critical GIS work, Windows users should obtain the indispensable freeware MicroDEM GIS utility. If you don’t have Windows 98+/NT+ but really need what MicroDEM does, why not take the money you will save on it (easily worth hundreds of dollars) down to your local mall and buy a cheap Windows machine? (96Mb+ RAM recommended.) The new (Sept. 2001) $2,495 Visual Nature Studio for Windows (www.3dnature.com) also sounds like it will do most of what DEMpy is planned to do, and a great deal more, all at GIS standards with a full mix of GIS data types and datums, and the reported ability to merge huge sets of GIS data.
Related Questions
- If I only want to convert horizontal values (Latitude, Longitude to/from UTM or State Plane or between NAD27 and NAD83 datums) what version do I need to download?
- Will PullSDTS be expanded to convert to coordinate systems and datums other than UTM NAD27, and to other DEM/DTED file types?
- How should Vertical Datums and Vertical Coordinate Systems be encoded in GeoTIFF?
