So, in the past I've used the usgs national map viewer to extract 3d topography in GeoTiff format, which i then converted via 3dem to DEM format, which i then imported into max with some free plugin I'd found online.. a bit of an evil process to say the least.
Now, i need to dig me up some topo for the LA valley and was wondering if there is any other good/reccommended ways to get it nowadays that doesn't involve a java interface from 2001 and many hours of work?
