Anyone know a TIN DEM file format commonly used?
In the context of a TIN DEM generator project, I am searching for a file format to save the TIN generated.
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Sign up to join this communityMy suggestion is UGRID: https://github.com/ugrid-conventions/ugrid-conventions
As the format is supported by MDAL (https://github.com/lutraconsulting/MDAL/blob/master/mdal/frmts/mdal_3di.cpp) which means you can visualise your mesh directly in QGIS.
Ugrid
is preferred, it probably would be a good idea to set it as the default format in QGIS. For example the default output format for TIN Mesh Creation
Algorithm. Commenting here since I know this functionality is developed by Lutra
Aug 20, 2022 at 0:16