[OSM-talk] using SRTM contours when editing

[Andy Allan]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Shaun McDonald
<shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk> wrote:
>
> On 9 Sep 2008, at 15:06, David Ebling wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Um, the cycle map is now renders world wide with the hill colouring/contours
> for where there is SRTM data.

Not quite true - David was correct that the contours aren't available
world-wide, even if the tiles are. There's fantastically large numbers
of contours for the Andes and in the Himalaya which at the moment
would provide more slowing-down of the server than benefits to
cyclists :-)

If anyone want contours adding for a region though - just ask. And I
might try full-world contours at some point to see how slow it gets
with several gigs in postgis!

Cheers,
Andy