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Line 125: ;Which data for YOU '''New users''' will prefer to simply download ETOPO1 for topography (precision: 1px = 1km x 1km). Don't use ETOPO2 which is actually an oldest version (1px = 2km x 2km). '''Confirmed mapmakers''' will use the SRTM/SWBD for its better quality. ~~But~~The ~~they~~process ~~have~~is ~~there~~more tocomplex : # '''Know''' the coordinates of the area they want to map # '''Find''' online these associated GIS files (also called '''tiles'''). Files have names such as "N22E112.hgt.zip", standing for 22⁰ North, 112⁰ East. # '''Download''' them handly. Some for a small ilsland ; about one hundred for Korea ; + 5 thousands for Eurasia. # '''Unzip''' them.

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