Carving lake maps tutorial

[DickB]

I was asked by a fellow forum member to put this together:



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[Digitalwoodshop]

Very Nice !!!!

Thanks,

AL

[fwharris]

Well done and thanks for the sharing of how to convert the maps.

[CNC Carver]

Well done took me much longer and mine ended up not as good. Thanks for sharing. I will try this on my next map.

[Bigtyme]

Great job, Dick. This is extremely helpful and much appreciated....

[DickB]

You're welcome.

I started out using this method, and still do when need be, but here in Minnesota we are fortunate that the Department of Natural Resources hosts a "Data Deli" online. They have a wide variety of GIS (Geographic Information System) data, including bathymetric depth data for many of our 10,000+ lakes. Using the free Mapwindow GIS software, grayscale bathymetric images can be generated directly. Most of the time when I get a request I can find the data. I have not found this capability for other states. For the smaller lakes that aren't in that database, there is a Lake Finder database that almost always has a conventional map in PDF format.

[eelamb]

Dick, here in Missouri, the data you are looking for is located at the health department, environmental and lead departments within the health department. I have installed the GIS software on many servers for the state around here. This may be the case with other states too.

[DickB]

Great! Thanks for the tip!

[ktjwilliams]

Thx very good lesson ....

[cestout]

I use PaintNET all the time and I didn't know you could do that with it. Thanks!
Clint