[OSM-talk] Own maps with hill shading and routes using mapnik

[Gustav Foseid]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Keith Sharp <kms at passback.co.uk> wrote:

> I considered something similar to mapping lakes and lochs - use my GPS
> with barometric altimeter to measure the elevation of the surface of the
> water and then use the SRTM data to work out the contour that
> corresponds to the edge of the water.  Hey presto, instant loake or loch
> map!
>

At least here, around Oslo, the SRTM data is not nearly accurate enough to
do that. See, for instance, these lakes:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.86084&lon=10.90939&zoom=15&layers=00B0FTF


Regards,

Gustav
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