[OSM-dev] GPX Track download

[Andreas Volz]

Am Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:26:26 +0100 schrieb Tom Hughes:

> In message <20070806225632.4dc8527f at frodo.mittelerde>
>           Andreas Volz <lists at brachttal.net> wrote:
> 
> > is it possible to download the (anonymous) GPX data of the complete
> > world in one big file? I like to draw some height maps and some
> > other things.
> 
> No, it isn't. I also don't see how it will help you draw a height
> map as even those traces which do have elevation data will probably
> be horribly inaccurate compared to something like the SRTM data.

I didn't know SRTM data before. Thanks for this info. It was only the
idea to get such information from the GPX traces. If it's yet available
in a better format I'll read more about SRTM. Is there a OSM project
that uses SRTM data in any way?

regards
Andreas