I think NED is pretty old data. You might look at the old DEMs in sdts
format. Those were pretty accurate before srtm came along. You can download
them from a few different sources, but you would have to know what to do
with them or have software which could extract the data.
'
Cameron

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If there's a 5 meter discrepancy between USGS National Elevation Data and
> the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, who would you trust? Would you bet
> $500 on it?
>
> In this case, with NED I'll have LOS on a backhaul, and with SRTM I'm in
> the woods.  I'm under the impression that SRTM sometimes gets you treetops
> rather than the ground.  If I'm wrong I have alternate paths, but I'd have
> to pay for a new PCN....so it really is a $500 bet. :)
>
>

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