[OSM-talk] using SRTM contours when editing

[David Ebling]

Holger,

Thanks for pointing this out! I don't know why I didn't think of it before - seems obvious now you suggest it! :)

It would be useful in other areas that cyclemap countours aren't currently rendered on (ie outside of Europe), but it's good for now.

Regards,

Dave

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> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:32:31 +0200
> From: Holger Sch?ner <numenor at ancalime.de>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] using SRTM contours when editing
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> 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