Instructions
Follow this tutorial to get a heightmap image from google earth.
digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/showthread.php?8504-Tutorial-to-extract-heightmaps-from-Google-Earth-in-GEM
After you finished step 10 convert the image with heightmap2stl.
Usage:
java -jar heightmap2stl.jar 'path to imagefile' 'height of model' 'height of base'
Arguments:
'path': Path to the heightmap (png, jpegs,... )
'height of model': Z scale of the model. Height of the max elevation.
'height of base': Height of the base, the model stands on.
sourceforge.net/projects/heightmap2stl/?source=directory - Feel free to contribute.
Attached is a low resolution model of the above provided heightmap.




