hey all =D

i have a bit of an issue... i know alaska is considered the boondocks of the US, but honestly - this is insane.

I cannot find a free height map for alaska ANYWHERE.  this is like those danged .dem files - whatever option it is you need to get it into the lovely program that turns it into something vue can read - well, the options for ALASKA are so limited, that its NOT an option.
so, i can only import a .dem the equivalent of an acre of land.  and once again, the internet proves that alaska is one of the last places to come into the digital age.

ok... so, here's where i need help... i want to turn a height/elevation map into a grayscale, and use it to create a terrain in vue, where the brooks & alaska range all look nicely bumpy, you can see denali (mckinley), the coves & bays are there....

i dont need it in great detail, but close enough that the casual person (including myself) looks at it and IMMEDIATELY recognizes that it's alaska, and those are mountains - and there's the BIG'UN!!  LOL.

please please PLEASE help?  i need this ASAP... i have been ripping my hair out all day looking for something to use.  i dont know the topography of alaska (not originally from here) well enough to fake it.... and this will be used for a digital art competition for alaskan residents - so you see my problem?  LOL

thank you in advance, and may the universe smile upon you!
~meli
the alaskan chaotic kitty

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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