Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Jul 2009.
Contour map to ASCII conversion?
alt.ascii-art
· 4 messages · 27 Jul 2009 - 31 Jul 2009
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
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
How about vector art? -Mike
SharkD wrote: > How about vector art? > > -Mike I don't understand your question.
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