inexpensive, simple contouring software?

[Anonymous]

Hi --

I'm using A2K Map 4 and have Overlay 2000....

Does anyone know of a low-cost, fairly simple software (freeware, shareware)
to draw contour maps from x,y,z textfile data? It can be stand-alone
software that does not interface w/ Map, etc. -- to get the results into
A2K, I can scan and trace a printed contour map.

I looked at QuickSurf, but that is far more software power than I need and
20x my budget. The current project is my only (small -- 84 points)
contouring job in the 1.5 years I've worked here, and I'm not likely to do
contouring very often (if ever) in the future....

If all else fails, I can eyeball the contours by hand....

Thanks.

John

)))))))
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John Cutler
GIS Director, Ozark Regional Land Trust
(Ozark Bioregion - MO/AR/KS/OK)
2435 Sweetwater Lane
Mansfield MO 65704
(417) 741-7363 jcutler@getgoin.net

[Anonymous]

Hello John,
You might consider hiring it out. Since you have the data already, it shouldn't
cost you very much to have someone create the contours for you and give you the
file.
I know that throws a time delay in there, but you may find someone close who can
ftp or email you the results quickly.
Just a thought.

-FD

John Cutler wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I'm using A2K Map 4 and have Overlay 2000....
>
> Does anyone know of a low-cost, fairly simple software (freeware, shareware)
> to draw contour maps from x,y,z textfile data? It can be stand-alone
> software that does not interface w/ Map, etc. -- to get the results into
> A2K, I can scan and trace a printed contour map.
>
> I looked at QuickSurf, but that is far more software power than I need and
> 20x my budget. The current project is my only (small -- 84 points)
> contouring job in the 1.5 years I've worked here, and I'm not likely to do
> contouring very often (if ever) in the future....
>
> If all else fails, I can eyeball the contours by hand....
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
> )))))))
> (o)-(o)
> -----oo0---(_)---0oo-----------------------------------
>
> John Cutler
> GIS Director, Ozark Regional Land Trust
> (Ozark Bioregion - MO/AR/KS/OK)
> 2435 Sweetwater Lane
> Mansfield MO 65704
> (417) 741-7363 jcutler@getgoin.net

[Anonymous]

John,

Have you seen EZYSurf from www.ezysurf.com I have not yet evaluated this product
but it looks like this is what you may need. It is only US$ 55

Rakesh

John Cutler wrote:

> Hi --
>
> I'm using A2K Map 4 and have Overlay 2000....
>
> Does anyone know of a low-cost, fairly simple software (freeware, shareware)
> to draw contour maps from x,y,z textfile data? It can be stand-alone
> software that does not interface w/ Map, etc. -- to get the results into
> A2K, I can scan and trace a printed contour map.
>
> I looked at QuickSurf, but that is far more software power than I need and
> 20x my budget. The current project is my only (small -- 84 points)
> contouring job in the 1.5 years I've worked here, and I'm not likely to do
> contouring very often (if ever) in the future....
>
> If all else fails, I can eyeball the contours by hand....
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
> )))))))
> (o)-(o)
> -----oo0---(_)---0oo-----------------------------------
>
> John Cutler
> GIS Director, Ozark Regional Land Trust
> (Ozark Bioregion - MO/AR/KS/OK)
> 2435 Sweetwater Lane
> Mansfield MO 65704
> (417) 741-7363 jcutler@getgoin.net

[Anonymous]

Place your x,y,z for each point in an Excel Spreadsheet cell. Place them in
order for common "Z's":

Pline (A1)
x1,y1,z1 (A2)(e.g. 345.35, 692.85, 800)
x2,y2,z1 (A3-the z's should be the same)

After you get them in the cells, copy to clipboard and paste into the
"COMMAND" line of AutoCAD. The Pline line command should draw it.
This is just a quick idea, if you are interested.


"John Cutler" wrote in message
news:67CE1D132AB54A4F883B497B526177C3@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi --
>
> I'm using A2K Map 4 and have Overlay 2000....
>
> Does anyone know of a low-cost, fairly simple software (freeware,
shareware)
> to draw contour maps from x,y,z textfile data? It can be stand-alone
> software that does not interface w/ Map, etc. -- to get the results into
> A2K, I can scan and trace a printed contour map.
>
> I looked at QuickSurf, but that is far more software power than I need and
> 20x my budget. The current project is my only (small -- 84 points)
> contouring job in the 1.5 years I've worked here, and I'm not likely to do
> contouring very often (if ever) in the future....
>
> If all else fails, I can eyeball the contours by hand....
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
> )))))))
> (o)-(o)
> -----oo0---(_)---0oo-----------------------------------
>
> John Cutler
> GIS Director, Ozark Regional Land Trust
> (Ozark Bioregion - MO/AR/KS/OK)
> 2435 Sweetwater Lane
> Mansfield MO 65704
> (417) 741-7363 jcutler@getgoin.net
>
>
>

[Anonymous]

Hi John,

have you looked at the "Surface Modeling" package
from Eagle Point?  It's fully intergrated with Autocad 2000, and very
inexpensive in comparison to other packages. 

href="http://www.eaglepoint.com/survey/">http://www.eaglepoint.com/survey/

Martin

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Hi
--

I'm using A2K Map 4 and have Overlay 2000....

Does anyone
know of a low-cost, fairly simple software (freeware, shareware)
to draw
contour maps from x,y,z textfile data? It can be stand-alone
software that
does not interface w/ Map, etc. -- to get the results into
A2K, I can scan
and trace a printed contour map.

I looked at QuickSurf, but that is far
more software power than I need and
20x my budget. The current project is
my only (small -- 84 points)
contouring job in the 1.5 years I've worked
here, and I'm not likely to do
contouring very often (if ever) in the
future....

If all else fails, I can eyeball the contours by
hand....

Thanks.

John

              
)))))))
             
(o)-(o)
-----oo0---(_)---0oo-----------------------------------

John
Cutler
     GIS Director, Ozark Regional Land
Trust
          (Ozark
Bioregion - MO/AR/KS/OK)
2435 Sweetwater Lane
Mansfield MO
65704
(417)
741-7363           
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