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I have found numerous examples of exporting Unity terrain to programs like Blender or just importing digital elevation files (DEMs) into Unity. But can a terrain generated in Unity be exported into software like QGIS or as just a DEM?

I was given a fictional Unity terrain (it did not originate from a DEM or any external data) for a scientific simulation but in order to create some additional code, I need to do some external analysis on that terrain in R, python, or MATLAB. Is this a possibility? How would one go about it?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Presumably you considered using the TerrainData API like the GetHeights() method to iterate over the heightmap values in the terrain and transform/save them into any format you like? Where did you run into difficulty doing this transformation? \$\endgroup\$
    – DMGregory ♦
    Feb 17 at 16:03
  • \$\begingroup\$ I have not considered it. As I said, someone gave me the Unity terrain; I do not know how to use Unity, so I was looking for some sort of tutorial or guide to walk me through it. \$\endgroup\$
    – ten
    Feb 17 at 16:31
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    \$\begingroup\$ Right now your question as phrased will only draw answers from users who are familiar with both Unity and QGIS/DEM file formats, and have time to walk you through the whole thing - that's a tall order and can make it slow to get good answers. If it's just the Unity part you need help with, consider editing your question to include a description of the output file you want to generate. That way it can be answered by any user with Unity experience, even if they didn't know the target file format details before reading your question. \$\endgroup\$
    – DMGregory ♦
    Feb 17 at 17:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ It seems that a raster format DEM is essentially a grid based height map. Is that version acceptable? If so, that would be good info to include as it simplifies the problem. Would simply dumping the heightmap data into a CSV file might be good enough? \$\endgroup\$
    – Pikalek
    Feb 17 at 21:59
  • \$\begingroup\$ I think a CSV file would be something I could work with. So far I have been able to use the terrain toolbox to create a *.raw heightmap file, but I don't know how to access/convert the data contained therein. \$\endgroup\$
    – ten
    Feb 20 at 14:29

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