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

[Martin Spott]

Nick Whitelegg wrote:

> Slightly off topic - but does anyone know of a source for shapefiles of NASA 
> SRTM contour data?

You know that the whole SRTM2 dataset is approx 12 GBytes of
_compressed_ data ?
Yes, there _are_ tools to automagically render SRTM bitmaps into
contour lines, though you should have a precise idea of what you expect
from the result,

Martin.
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