[OSM-newbies] Hill-shading in opencyclemap.org

[Bill Ricker]

>
> It uses STRM in addition to the OSM data. See
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contours
>

Note that elevation whether in contours or shading is info outside the OSM
core database, added in the rendering stages of a particular map.

For an alternative paper-quality OSM rendering with topography, see
 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TopOSM
 http://toposm.com/
currently implemented for Massachusetts and Colorado only but can be scaled
up with adequate resources.

-- 
Bill
n1vux at arrl.net bill.n1vux at gmail.com
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