How to convert HGT to ASC
Converting a .HGT file to .ASC lets you open the content in software that prefers the .ASC format, though some details may change compared with the original. We are still putting together the list of programs that handle .HGT files.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.HGT
SRTM Height Data File
An HGT file is a raw binary tile of terrain elevation from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Each file covers a 1-degree-by-1-degree area of Earth and stores heights in meters…
Open .HGT details →
.ASC
OpenPGP ASCII-Armored File
An ASC file is almost always an OpenPGP ASCII-armored block: a digital signature, a public key, or an encrypted message from PGP or GnuPG, encoded as readable Base64 text. Open it in a text…
Open .ASC details →
