With texture support in Mathematica 8.0, we can create the simple DEM with image overlay by combing the functions from two previous posts Google Static Map and Google Elevation API.
However, there is the usage limits on Google Elevation API. You’d better pull the dem once and export the data, otherwise, you may hit the daily limits very quickly.
Here is an example on displaying earthquake data with the dem, the red line outlines the fault plane.
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Hey in a related manner, could one drive Google Earth from a set of controls within a Manipulate?
if you use windows platform, you can try Google Earth Com API http://earth.google.com/comapi/
Thanks for the info, I never realized that google offered its elevation data as an API. I am working on a wetland mapping project and automatically went to download the DEM. Thanks for the info.
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