[OSM-talk] using SRTM contours when editing

[Dave Stubbs]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!


You mean several _more_ gigs in postgis :-)
We already have approximately 50GB of contours...