HOW TO
The normal process of importing a 10m DEM with vertical units in decimeters does not produce the proper floating point grid in ArcView. This article shows how to convert the DEM file. This process requires the use of ArcView's Spatial Analyst and ModelBuilder extensions.
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Make sure the map units are set to Meters if you wish to have the vertical units converted to meters.
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It is a good idea to also include the location from where the data was downloaded (in the Reference URLs tab), as well as any other comments about the data. This may be useful in the future.
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The first box is for naming the output grid as it appears in your view. The second box is for giving a name to the data that is stored on your hard drive.
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Incorrect vertical values were originally discovered when the same DEM was converted to a lattice in Workstation ArcInfo using the DEMLATTICE command.
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