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TopoFusion on other OS - Mac / Linux / Re: Running with WINE

« on: October 25, 2010, 11:05:22 PM »

Hi Scott,

No, that did not work.  I installed the VB6 stuff successfully, but the install of TopoFusion failed.  I tried running TopFusion just in case it was installed correctly in spite of the install error but it just attempts to start and then quits before I get even the splash screen.

Oh well....

Peter

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TopoFusion on other OS - Mac / Linux / Re: Running with WINE

« on: October 24, 2010, 08:08:58 PM »

Hi Scott,

I checked and the TopoFusion install did put these files into drive_c\Program Files\TopoFusion folder:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 2609664 2010-09-22 21:05 GPSMaster.ocx
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    6761 2006-10-15 19:48 License.rtf
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter    4212 2006-10-15 19:48 Readme.rtf
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter  295895 2010-09-22 14:21 revhistory.rtf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 2371584 2010-09-22 14:44 TopoFusion.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter   51292 2010-10-24 17:40 uninstall.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter     162 2010-05-14 16:24 ~$vhistory.rtf

The one change I did was to set GPSMaster.ocx to be executable, but it made no difference as I still get the same "GPSMaster.ocx failed to register" error when I re-run the install, and if I try to run TopoFusion it doesn't happen, probably because the installation was incomplete.

I don't think I am able to extract the files out of the TopoFusion-Pro-4.05.exe file as it is an executable not an archive.

Cheers,

Peter

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TopoFusion on other OS - Mac / Linux / Re: Running with WINE

« on: October 24, 2010, 08:02:13 AM »

Hi Scott,

I have followed the instructions on the link in your message and have DirectX 9.0c installed under WINE in Ubuntu 10.10 (Linux) .  I tested it with dxdiag.exe and all the tests were successful.  When I go to install TopoFusion Pro (4.05), it stops at "GPSMaster.ocx failed to register"  I tried installing TF 4.0; TF 3.74; and TF 3.32.  They all stop with the "GPSMaster.ocx failed to register" message saying that it is either running or DirectX9 not installed.

Can I get around this some way?  Amy clues as to what is happening?

Thanks Scott,

Peter

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Archived Support / DEM Accuracy

« on: February 27, 2008, 12:09:26 AM »

Hi Krein,

I've just purchased TopoFusion Pro. In the meantime, while TopoFusion is getting the Profile bug fixed that Scott is working on, I need to get profiles and have downloaded 30 arc second DEM data (1 kilometre), however it is too coarse for my highway through the rocky mountains (Revelstoke to Golden, British Columbia) so although it shows the highway climbing to Rogers Pass and then down to Golden, it fluctuates wildly as some of the points are up to 500 metres off the centerline of the road, which puts them way up a mountain cliff.  I need to use the 90m DEM (3 arc second).

I downloaded the 90m DEM however the grid is 6,000 rows by 6,000 columns.  I am processing the data in MS Excel which has a 255 column limit.

Can you tell me where I can download 90m DEM data in smaller chunks?  Can you also tell me if there is an online source where I can provide coordinates (Latitude and Longitude) and it returns the elevation (perhaps adjusted to fit within the four surrounding elevation co-ordinates)?

Thanks,

Peter

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Archived Support / DEM Accuracy

« on: February 14, 2008, 05:47:57 PM »

Hi Krein,

I moved the 3D map so that blue ball followed my track and the elevations look right.  The road steadily climbs until the last left hand 90 degree bend before Rogers Pass and then climbs to the pass and descends steeply at first and then more gradually down the final valley into Golden.  The elevations reflect this reasonably accurately.

Currently I'm using the Demo version now to try out the program  As soon as I get it working, I'll purchase it as I am doing the Tour du Canada cycling trip this summer and and I want to get profiles of the trip.


I'll email the file for you to look at and I'll leave the blue ball at Rogers Pass.

Thanks for your quick response.

Cheers,

Peter

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Archived Support / DEM Accuracy

« on: February 14, 2008, 02:24:25 PM »

Hi Krein,

I'm puzzled by something.  When I draw a track from Victoria to Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada and include the ferry route, the elevations of the track along the ferry route should be all zero, however they spike up to over 100 metres, when they track gets within a kilometre of an island along the route.  This is a track distance of around 100 kilometres.

I also tried a track following the highway from Revelstoke to Golden over the Rogers Pass in British Columbia and the resulting profile bears no resemblance to what one would experience driving the highway.  The grades come out as high as 60% with most of the grades at 20%.  Rogers Pass goes as high as 8% grade.  The total distance of this track is around 150 kilometres.

I've tried all different settings and combinations (Bicubic, Bilinea,  Minimum gain settings from 0 to 100, Various segment subdivision etc) but it seems to have little effect.

Could you help me understand this.

Thanks,

Peter Freeman
petersfreeman@shaw.ca