Quote Originally Posted by bricka View Post
1. Does anybody know of an algorithm which will take a map of a roughly Europe-sized continent which has coloured blobs to show different levels of heights (up to 200m, 200-500m, 500-1000m, and so on) and turn it into a realistic and believable heightmap?
Wow- That is a really good question. Effectively, you are asking how to go from contour lines to a (smoothed) heightfield.

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