[OSM-talk] Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

[Rob]

or you could have a overlay layer with height lines
http://www.butterfly747.com/photos/doorwerth/img/kaart.jpg

On 10/31/07, Thom Shannon <thom at glow-internet.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried to use data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
> to add detail to osm maps? It could be used to add approximate altitude
> data to nodes, or for giving a shaded background to maps showing
> mountainous regions.
>
> A lot of nasa material has a very relaxed licence or is public domain.
> I'm not sure if it's covered by nasa copyright guidelines
> (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/policies.html#Guidelines), and I don't think
> they're compatible with CC-By-SA. Still it could be used to make shaded
> backgrounds for open street map that are simply licensed differently?
>
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