[OSM-talk] Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

[David Groom]

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From: "Thom Shannon" <thom at glow-internet.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:39 PM
Subject: [OSM-talk] Shuttle Radar Topography Mission


> 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.
> 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Srtm2Osm ?

David

> 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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