elevation2scad

Generate OpenSCAD source code from elevation data. I don't provide code for getting elevation data because providers might have their own license. You need to write your own for getting that.

Save your elevation data into elevations.dat with the format longitude latitude elevation and order by [longitude, latitude].

After elevations.dat is ready, run python genscad.py. Use OpenSCAD to open the generated evelation.scad which requires my library dotSCAD.

You can use the gen_surface_from function to generate data for surface. Just uncomment the line in genscad.py.

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ymin, yinc, thickness, scale = 21.750, 0.015, -1, 100
    # generate elevation.scad
    # gen_scad_from('elevations.dat', ymin, yinc, thickness, scale = scale)
    
    # generate surface.dat
    gen_surface_from('elevations.dat', ymin, yinc)

After generating surface.dat, write surface.scad containing the following.

surface(file = "surface.dat", center = true, convexity = 5);

The model shown below is Taiwan, generated from data that latitude from 21.75 to 25.500 and longitude from 119.900 to 122.100.

You can use -math.inf to reserve original elevation below sea level.