Step By Step: ETOPO2 Worldwide 2-Minute Elevation Grids

1. Install ETOPO2 Worldwide 2-Minute Gridded Elevation Data

GEODAS Software can run on MS Windows and UNIX Xwindows.
Installation of GEODAS for MS Windows
Installation of GEODAS for Xxindows

2. Start GEODAS

MS Windows:
Run the various GEODAS applications from the Windows Start menus. Start -> Programs -> GEODAS -> GEODAS Application

UNIX Xwindows:
Simply type geodas at the xterm prompt. Be sure the application geodas is in your PATH environment and that you have read permissions. This will start the GEODAS Launch Pad.

3. Click on ETOPO2 Worldwide Gridded Elevations

This will launch your Browser, with the appropriate start page. You must have mounted the ETOPO2 Gridded Elevations cd.

4. Navigate the ETOPO2 Worldwide 2-Minute Gridded Elevation Data web pages

The web page files are located on the GEODAS cd. You may you view shaded relief images of 45-degree grid blocks. Just click on the 45 x 45 degree block within the image and the Browser will load the image. You can also view a shaded relief image of the complete gridded database.

5. Create Custom Grids

Create custom grids with your own chosen limits, cells sizes etc. by launching the Grid Translator Application from this page using the Design-a-Grid Button. (You can also run the Grid Translator Application directly.)