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Hi Luca,

I´ve just made a very similar image with Blender. I tell you the step you must follow:

1. Open a New File and delete the default cube appears.
2. Create a Grid (the default X and Y values are OK 32x32). SPACE / Add / Mesh / Grid
3. Create a new material while the grid is selected. While you are in material create a new texture. This texture must be type: image, and load the DEM file (jpg, tiff or any other...) 
4. Turn back to the grid and enter in Edit mode.
5. Set Smooth in 'Links and Materials, and click on Noise button on 'Mesh tools' a few times (any time you click it will grow up a while).
6. Turn back to the material and add a new texture image, this time the orthophotography picture.
7. Render...

You can change the spec and mirror values for the material, and add an sky picture for the 'world'.

Bye.

Miguel Verdú.