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Surface Analysis Tools

With Maptitude you can analyze and display terrains on a two-dimensional map in a map window or as a 3D map in a 3D View. You can prepare the terrain from a regular or irregular set of points in a point layer, or from a regular set of points in a grid layer.

For each point there is an elevation value, typically measured in feet or meters above sea level. Maptitude can also create terrains that represent data values such as a measure of air pollution or levels of radon gas over a geographic region. These models may be used to generate contours or to interpolate data values at specific locations.

Topics in this section:

Digital Elevation Models (DEM)
Performing Terrain Analysis
Working with Three-Dimensional Maps
Using Flight Paths
Finding the Shortest Path over Terrain from a Grid Layer