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== Multi Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium ==
 
== Multi Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium ==
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=== The MRLC site has discontinued the BIL format. please use the [[FetchSRTM]] tool to download NLCD data in the BIL format ===
  
 
A seamless download site that has NED and NLCD data for the US in BIL format.
 
A seamless download site that has NED and NLCD data for the US in BIL format.
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Follow these steps to download the terrain data in the BIL format
 
Follow these steps to download the terrain data in the BIL format
  
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[[File:Mrlc-1.jpg]]
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[[File:Mrlc-1.jpg|700px]]
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[[File:Mrlc-2.jpg]]
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[[File:Mrlc-3.jpg]]
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[[File:Mrlc-2.jpg|700px]]
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[[File:Mrlc-3.jpg|700px]]
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Click the download button for each data-set and wait for the extraction process to complete (Could take 5-10 minutes or longer)
 
Click the download button for each data-set and wait for the extraction process to complete (Could take 5-10 minutes or longer)
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Select Configure -> Setup GIS Configuration from the Pathloss 5 main menu.
 
Select Configure -> Setup GIS Configuration from the Pathloss 5 main menu.
  
[[File:Mrlc-4.jpg]]
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[[File:Mrlc-4.jpg|600px]]
  
 
Select the top level folder that contains all the unziped NED data.
 
Select the top level folder that contains all the unziped NED data.
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Clutter is set up similarly.
 
Clutter is set up similarly.
  
[[File:Mrlc-5.jpg]]
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Latest revision as of 16:27, 9 January 2019

Contents

Multi Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium

The MRLC site has discontinued the BIL format. please use the FetchSRTM tool to download NLCD data in the BIL format

A seamless download site that has NED and NLCD data for the US in BIL format.

http://www.mrlc.gov/viewerjs/

Download the data in BIL format

Follow these steps to download the terrain data in the BIL format


Mrlc-1.jpg


Mrlc-2.jpg


Mrlc-3.jpg


Click the download button for each data-set and wait for the extraction process to complete (Could take 5-10 minutes or longer)

Unzip the files in to a folder. Use separate folders for NED and NLCD data

Configuring Pathloss 5 to use the data

Select Configure -> Setup GIS Configuration from the Pathloss 5 main menu.

Mrlc-4.jpg

Select the top level folder that contains all the unziped NED data.

Clutter is set up similarly.

Mrlc-5.jpg