diff --git a/src/gov/nasa/worldwind/layers/HeightmapLayer.java b/src/gov/nasa/worldwind/layers/HeightmapLayer.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, United States Government as represented by the
+ * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package gov.nasa.worldwind.layers;
+
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.avlist.AVKey;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.avlist.AVList;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.avlist.AVListImpl;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.geom.Angle;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.geom.LatLon;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.geom.Sector;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.globes.Globe;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.util.LevelSet;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+
+/**
+ * Procedural height-map layer.
+ * @author Patrick Murris
+ * @version $Id:$
+ */
+public class HeightmapLayer extends ProceduralTiledImageLayer
+{
+    
+    private final Globe globe;
+    
+    public HeightmapLayer(Globe globe)
+    {
+        super(makeLevels());
+        this.globe = globe;
+    }
+
+    private static LevelSet makeLevels()
+    {
+        AVList params = new AVListImpl();
+        params.setValue(AVKey.TILE_WIDTH, 128);
+        params.setValue(AVKey.TILE_HEIGHT, 128);
+        params.setValue(AVKey.DATA_CACHE_NAME, "Earth/Heightmap");
+        params.setValue(AVKey.DATASET_NAME, "Heightmap");
+        params.setValue(AVKey.FORMAT_SUFFIX, ".png");
+        params.setValue(AVKey.NUM_LEVELS, 10);
+        params.setValue(AVKey.NUM_EMPTY_LEVELS, 0);
+        params.setValue(AVKey.LEVEL_ZERO_TILE_DELTA, new LatLon(Angle.fromDegrees(36.0), Angle.fromDegrees(36.0)));
+        params.setValue(AVKey.SECTOR, Sector.FULL_SPHERE);
+        return new LevelSet(params);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected BufferedImage createTileImage(TextureTile tile, BufferedImage image)
+    {
+        int width = tile.getLevel().getTileWidth();
+        int height = tile.getLevel().getTileHeight();
+        double latStep = tile.getSector().getDeltaLatDegrees() / height;
+        double lonStep = tile.getSector().getDeltaLonDegrees() / width;
+
+        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
+        {
+            double lon = tile.getSector().getMinLongitude().degrees + lonStep * x + (lonStep / 2.0);
+            for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
+            {
+                double lat = tile.getSector().getMaxLatitude().degrees - latStep * y - (latStep / 2.0);
+                double elevation = this.globe.getElevation(Angle.fromDegrees(lat), Angle.fromDegrees(lon));
+                double ratio = (elevation  - this.globe.getMinElevation()) / (this.globe.getMaxElevation() - this.globe.getMinElevation());
+                float hue = (float)Math.atan(Math.pow(1.0 - ratio, 2.0));
+                image.setRGB(x, y, Color.HSBtoRGB(hue, 1f, 1f));
+            }
+        }
+        return image;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return "Heightmap Layer";
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/gov/nasa/worldwind/layers/ProceduralTiledImageLayer.java b/src/gov/nasa/worldwind/layers/ProceduralTiledImageLayer.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, United States Government as represented by the
+ * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package gov.nasa.worldwind.layers;
+
+
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.WorldWind;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.avlist.AVList;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.util.LevelSet;
+import gov.nasa.worldwind.util.Logging;
+
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+/**
+ * @author Patrick Murris
+ * @version $Id:$
+ */
+public abstract class ProceduralTiledImageLayer extends BasicTiledImageLayer
+{
+    public ProceduralTiledImageLayer(LevelSet levelSet)
+    {
+        super(levelSet);
+    }
+
+    public ProceduralTiledImageLayer(AVList params)
+    {
+        super(params);
+    }
+
+    abstract BufferedImage createTileImage(TextureTile tile, BufferedImage image);
+
+    @Override
+    protected void retrieveTexture(final TextureTile tile, DownloadPostProcessor postProcessor)
+    {
+        final File outFile = WorldWind.getDataFileStore().newFile(tile.getPath());
+        if (outFile == null || outFile.exists())
+            return;
+
+        // Create and save tile texture image.
+        int width = tile.getLevel().getTileWidth();
+        int height = tile.getLevel().getTileHeight();
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
+        image = createTileImage(tile, image);
+        try
+        {
+            ImageIO.write(image, "png", outFile);
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            String msg = Logging.getMessage("layers.TextureLayer.ExceptionSavingRetrievedTextureFile", outFile.getPath());
+            Logging.logger().log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, msg, e);
+        }
+    }
+}
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