3-D topographical maps or models of st.croix

I don't know where you could get a model, but in words: the south shore underwater landscape slopes gently downwards and stays shallow a long ways out from the shoreline, especially at the west end. Add some coral barrier reefs that break the water's surface in some places. The western half of the north shore would have a moderate slope downwards for the first couple hundred yards and then you get a dramatic bluff dropping vertically thousands of feet into the abyss ("The Wall"). C'sted harbor is shallow and filled with reefs and you also get shallow basins with barrier reefs along the coastline all the way to the eastern tip of the island.

Have you looked at Google Earth?

Beyond Google Earth what you are looking for is called a DEM or Digital Elevation Model which you may be able to download free from the USGS, though you would need a viewer which depending upon what you are looking to do and your computer skills can range from a simple graphic program to a linux based analytical program ( I could ask a few old professors for their fortran code if you so desire). Google DEMs and St. Croix and you may find someone has already gridded and rendered the satellite data.

thanks allmashup and alexandra, i've always wondered what the island would look like if you could take out the water, now i might have a way. thanks again

TRW, topo maps for the land part of St Croix can be found @ the following site:

http://www.pressenter.com/~inews/map.htm

i was thinking of asking the science depts at country day,good hope and the complex to make a model for me, whichever teacher will take on the project and i'll pay for it, seems like a good project., maybe someone at the U

trw: You should call UVI Marine Science over here on St Thomas. I know that they were doing a project of this sort awhile back. The students had maps and had to dive and survey what was actually underwater. Don't know how far this extended, may have been just Brewer's Bay. But you never know unless you ask, right? 🙂