[OSM-talk] Contours on the Cycle Map

[Robin Paulson]

On 19/02/2008, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ask and ye shall, eventually, receive. The OSM cycle map now displays contours.
>
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/archives/2008/02/18/one-leg-longer-than-the-other/
> http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/osm/?zoom=13&lat=6746094.87258&lon=-372688.399&layers=B00
>
> etc.
>
> Contours appear progressively from z9+, and go all spangly and
> multicoloured at z12+. Happy to discuss them if people are interested
> in how it's done.
>
> Many thanks to Dave (randomjunk) for helping with this, and for
> putting up with me making the map take just under 10 times longer to
> render now than it did last week!

great stuff, looks stunning

are there any profiling tools anywhere, for giving a cross-section
through the map along the path taken, showing climb over distance?