recommended texture pack for terrascening alaska?

[Guest madmax]

I'm considering launching into an Alaska terrascene project. I tend to do such projects in a big way, ending up with 100 Gb + of sceneries.I'm not sure the default textures seem quite right for Alaska, to capture the proper feel. Has anyone done this, and do you have any recommendations of texture sets to use?

[Guest danieletona]

Hi madmax,I use the textures released with Terrascene and those of FLY!. I choose those more appropriate and then retouch the textures.When I have reached a satisfactory level, I create a small portion of scenery and control the result.Dan

[Guest madmax]

Hmm, well, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I've had a setback, because it seems the default download locations don't have the high precision DEMs or land usage data for most of Alaska :-(Maybe there's some other download source for AK data - I'll hunt around.

[Guest danieletona]

Hi madmax,http://edcsgs9.cr.usgs.gov/pub/data/you find the files SRTM with a resolution of 90 meters (3arcsec) and 30 meters (1 arcsec),the files DLG, DRG, LULC and other.Dan

[Guest madmax]

Awesome! Thanks - in fact I just posted this question in another thread, which I'll try to go delete now :-)Thanks very much for the info. I will check it out shortly.

[Guest madmax]

Hmm - well no luck so far. I tried that site, and I can get into the 7.5min DEM directory OK, but trying to traverse below that always ends up with a permissions error, no matter whether I use http or ftp. Neither does Terrascene seem to fetch anything from it :(

[Guest danieletona]

And to manually download the files?

[Guest madmax]

>And to manually download the files?Same problem. I can see the contents of the 7.5min directory, and I can download the 00README file, but I cannot get anything under the lettered subdirectories. The result using IE is:"You are not authorized to view this page"If I try it from a command line with ncftp, I get:"Could not chdir to A: server said: A: Permission denied."Maybe they have shut off access to the data?madmax

[Guest Colins2]

Madmax,I just tried with the same result.However, if you go further down you can access /srtm and then get to the 3 arcsec and 1 arcsec directories.Colin

[Guest danieletona]

I succeed without difficulty in visualizing the files and to download them.Some protection of too much on Internet Explorer?