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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 27 Jul 2009.
Re: Contour map to ASCII conversion?

Re: Contour map to ASCII conversion?

SharkD wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Does anyone know of a tool that might be able to convert geographic
> contour maps to ASCII art?
> 
> Info on contour maps:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contour_map
> 
> Example output:
> 
>   ________________
>  /  _____          \
> |  |      \        |
> |  \______/ ______/
>  \_________/
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Mike
> 

If the map is in a common image format and not a vector format then JavE is your best bet.
http://www.jave.de

Use the Image2Ascii tool:
http://www.jave.de/screenshots/scr_i2a2.gif

It has many different algorithms for conversion. It depends on the image what algorithm is
 best but in your case I would guess that one of the B/W algorithms might produce the best
result.

- CeeJay

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