Terrain - Gathering Data

I didn't do a lot today. I modeled a bit to get the flower right and missed a modifier I have planed to do for some weeks. I think I will soon start on it, but first I will continue with the edge loop modifier. It is very useful as is, I used it to create a mold for the general form of the leaf at the bottom of the flower. But there are still weaknesses and I want to solve that.

The second thing I did was to gather more data, both for plants and terrain. I bought a GPS logger on Friday (or to be precise it arrived on Friday) and went out to gather a bit of data. I still have no good feeling how to model terrain, so I hope that it gets easier if I can associate the abstract way to input this stuff with the surrounding I know. And that is easiest if I just walk around while having the logger in my pocket. As I also take my camera with me I often also take pictures of things I plan to model or want to use as reference. But this data gathering hurts my feet, programming is much less exhaustive.