DEM Directory different from Map Directory

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Under Options you can have DEM data in a different directory than the maps. 
 
1.  Are there occasions when you would want to have DEM data in a different place?
2.  Since there doesn't seem to be separate DEM files, is DEM data stored within a Map[n].dat file?

Thanks,
Bill

[ScottMorris]

Hi Bill,

The DEM directory is only used if you want to manually download and use your own DEM files.  It's kind of a holdover from before TF could download it's own elevation data.

So, to #2, the auto-downloaded DEM data goes into the Map[n].dat structure, as you guessed.

Hope that answers your questions.

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Scott,

Ok, I think I've got it.  Does this mean that, since we don't manually download DEM data any more, it doesn't matter what the DEM data path is set to(?)

Thanks,
Bill

[ScottMorris]

Correct, yep.