[Imports] How to fetch the map from OpenStreetMap
Sander Deryckere
sanderd17 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 8 11:00:20 BST 2011
Altitude data isn't in OSM (apart from the height of some mountains). This
is because it can't be measured precise enough by us, and it's already
freely available anyway.
You can use alternative data like SRTM data. There are OSM formats
available, or scripts to convert it to OSM format:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SRTM
Greets,
Sander
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