[OSM-talk] using SRTM contours when editing

[Gregory]

Hmm, clever suggestion using contours to map streams. I might try it some
time, where I have surveyed surrounding footpaths but not been able to go
all over for the streams.

2008/9/8 Holger Schöner <numenor at ancalime.de>

> Hello,
>
> > Just wondering whether there's any way that I can display SRTM contours
> > in JOSM or Potlatch when editing? It would be useful for placing features
> > such as natural=peak and waterway=stream where you have local knowledge
> > of an area but aren't able to go wonder round with a GPS. I know it
> > wouldn't be as accurate as GPS surveying, but I'd still like to be able
> > to refer to it.
>
> I do not know directly about SRTM images, but in Potlatch you can use the
> cyclemap as background, which has contour lines serving the same purpose
> (and maybe even clearer than a greyscale image ...).
>
> Cheers, Holger
>
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