Landartma Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I received a .tin file from a client which they got from their surveyor. The surveyor left out a bunch of elevation points. I'm unfamiliar with the TIN file. What is it and what info could I get off it. I will call the surveyor next to see if they accidentally turn off a layer or just did a C$#*y job. Quote Link to comment
unearthed Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 .tin stands for triangular irregular network, it's an efficient way of sorting 3D coordinmate info in a vector format, basically the file is a list of xyz coordinates. It would really be easier if you can contact the surveyor direct - I always try to avoid client in the middle situations. I would normally use QGIS to open or process .tin, but these proprietary, closed-source files are often a pain to work with - here's soime info on using QGIS to work with .tin For anyone working with .tin the wikipedia page is very useful as .tin is not an open format. 3 Quote Link to comment
Landartma Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Yea I ended up contacting the surveyor. They sent me a DWG file. Thanks for the info. 1 Quote Link to comment
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