[OSM-talk] [OT] Shapefiles of SRTM data?

[Schuyler Erle]

On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 23:08 +0100, Kristian Thy wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 05, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> > Slightly off topic - but does anyone know of a source for shapefiles of
> > NASA SRTM contour data?
> 
> I may be stating the obvious here, but shapefiles are a vector format
> while the SRTM data is a raster set. What were you going to use it for?
> GeoTIFF would be my choice if I were to use the SRTM for anything.

If you're looking for a Shapefile of SRTM *contours*, such a thing
wouldn't be too difficult to make. I would be glad to help with this if
that is what you're after.

SDE