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From: rns@aicchi.UUCP (Schreiner)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: Topographical mapping?
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 11:13:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 18 11:13:12 1985
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In article <3505@pur-ee.UUCP> mazina@pur-ee.UUCP (Daniel J Mazina) writes:
>
>	Does anyone out there know of any routines for generating
>random topographical maps of any sort? 'C' would be nice, but just
>about anything would do.... Mail me if you have a program or pointer...
>
>
>					Thomas Ruschak
>					pur-ee!mazina
>
>"By the pricking of my thumbs,
> Something wicked this way comes... "
>		--- W. Shakespeare

The mandelbrot programs that have been posted here and in net.sources
would do this.  Simply pick a region and a magnification, run the mandelbrot
program and assign the iteration count to an elevation.

Ron Schreiner
Analysts International Corp., Chicago
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